Standard Oil Co. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge county.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
By an act approved March 13, 1912 (Acts 1912, p. 503), Code 1919, section 2013, it is provided that “the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the Commonwealth shall have power to enact such special and local legislation in their respective counties not in conflict with the Constitution and the general laws of the Commonwealth as they may deem expedient to protect the public roadways and bridges of the said counties from encroachment or obstruction, or from any improper or exceptionally injurious use thereof.” By authority of that statute the board of supervisors of Rockbridge…
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