Legal Opinion
Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. City of Norfolk
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 13, 1916PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk affirming a judgment of the police justice, imposing a fine on the plaintiff in error for violation of an ordinance of the city of Norfolk.
1Opinion of the CourtNelly, J.
This writ of error brings in question the validity of a license tax assessed against the plaintiff in error for the year 1912 under an ordinance of the city of Norfolk, the material part of which is as follows:
“Any person who shall engage in the business of sending telegrams from the city of Norfolk to a point within the State of Virginia, or of receiving telegrams in the city of Norfolk, from a point in the State of Virginia, excepting, however, telegrams sent to or received by the government of the United States or this State, or their agents or officers, shall pay a license tax of $500.00,…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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