Young v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Clarke county, rendered May 20, 1903, affirming the judgment of the County Court of said county, whereby the plaintiff in error was fined the sum of ten dollars for violating the statute against the use of “trading stamps.”
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Clarke county, rendered May 20, 1903, affirming the judgment of the County Court of said county, whereby the plaintiff in error was fined the sum of ten dollars for violating the statute against the use of “trading stamps.” The facts, as stated in the brief of the plaintiff in error, were as follows: “The Sperry & Hutchinson Company, the Trading Stamp Company referred to in the record, is incorporated under the laws of the State of Hew Jersey with a capital stock of $1,-000,000 fully paid. The purposes for which it is incorporated, as set forth in…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This writ of error brings in question the constitutionality of an act of the General Assembly approved February 19, 1898, entitled “An act to prohibit the use of trading stamps, trading-checks, and similar gift enterprises, and providing a punishment for those who use them,” which is in the following words:
“Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, that:
“1. FTo person shall sell or offer for sale any article or merchandise of any description whatever with the promise, express or implied, to give or deliver or in any manner hold out the promise of gift or delivery of any ticket,…
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