Eubank v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of an ordinance of the city of Richmond, Virginia, fixing a building line, are stated in the opinion. Whether or hot the power granted by the legislature to cities and towns to establish building lines was lawfully exercised by the council of the city of Richmond, is not open for consideration in this court.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of an ordinance of the city of Richmond, Virginia, fixing a building line, are stated in the opinion. Whether or hot the power granted by the legislature to cities and towns to establish building lines was lawfully exercised by the council of the city of Richmond, is not open for consideration in this court. Gundling v. Chicago, 177 U. S. 188; Williams v. Arkansas, 217 TJ. S. 79, 88; Wilson v.' Eureka City, 173 TJ. S. 32, 35. The Virginia act of. 1908,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
In error to review a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond affirming a judgment of the Police Court of the city imposing a fine of $25.00 on plaintiff in error for alleged violation of an ordinance of the city fixing a building line. The judgment was' affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State. 110 Virginia, 749.
Plaintiff in error attacks the validity of the ordinance and the statute under which it was enacted on the ground that they infringe the Constitution of the United States in that they deprive plaintiff in error of his property without due process of law and deny him…
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