City of Norfolk v. Griffin Bros.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk, in a proceeding by the city against a contractor carrying on its business without a city license. Judgment for the defendant. The city assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtSims, J.
This case involves the single question of the power of the city of Norfolk to divide a single taxable privilege, consisting of the right to conduct the business" of a contractor, as classified and defined for the purpose of State taxation in the form of a State license, into several businesses so as to require several separate city licenses, one for each of the elements of right named in the city ordinance, which all accrue to the citizen under one State license.
In the case of City of Richmond v. Richmond, &c. R. Co., 21 Gratt. (62 Va.), at p. 617, in the opinion of the majority of this court…
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