Fowle v. Common Council of Alexandria
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court for thé county of Alexandria, in the. district of Columbia. This was ah action on the case brought by the plaintiff, iii error, against -the defendants, in the circuit court, for damages charged to have been, sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the. neglect of the defendants to take due bonds and security from one Philip G. Marstellér, licensed by them as an auctioneer, for the years 1815, 1816, 1817, and 1818, according "to the alleged…
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ERROR to the circuit court for thé county of Alexandria, in the. district of Columbia. This was ah action on the case brought by the plaintiff, iii error, against -the defendants, in the circuit court, for damages charged to have been, sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the. neglect of the defendants to take due bonds and security from one Philip G. Marstellér, licensed by them as an auctioneer, for the years 1815, 1816, 1817, and 1818, according "to the alleged provisions of the statute in that behalf enacted . The declaration and pleadings are fully stated in the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
In Decerab'er 1796, the general assembly of Virginia passed an act entitled “an act concerning corporations,” declaring, “ that from and. after the passing thereof, the mayor5 aldermen, and commonalty of the corporate towns within the said commonwealth, and their successors should, -upon request of any person desirous thereof, grant licenses to exercise, in such town, the trade or business of an auc-. tioneer ; provided, that no such license should be granted until the person or persons requesting the same should enter into bond, with one or more sufficient sureties, payable to the mayor,…
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