Supervisors of Washington County v. Saltville Land Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Washington county, rendered May 1, 1900. The defendant in error applied to the County Court of Washington to correct an erroneous assessment of its property for county road and school purposes. The County Court refused to correct the assessment, hut, on appeal, its action was reversed hy the Circuit Court hy the aforesaid judgment, of May 1, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
By section 2 of the charter of the town of Saltville, the territory within its corporate limits^ which is partly in the county of Washington and partly in the county of Smyth, is made a separate road and school district, and all persons and property therein declared to 'he exempt from all road taxes, taxes for the support of the poor, and from county and district public school purposes; provided the town keeps its streets and alleys, and the public roads within its limits in good order, supports its own poor, and maintains its own public schools. Acts 1895-’6, p. 290.
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