Scott v. James
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond. Decree for the defendant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
Appellant, J. A. Scott, in his capacity as a citizen and taxpayer of the State of Virginia, instituted this suit to enjoin the re-submission to a vote of the people of the proposed amendments of sections 119 and 120 of the Constitution, in relation, respectively, to commissioners of the revenue and treasurers in the cities, as provided for in an act of the general assembly, approved February 14, 1912.
The prayer of the bill was for an injunction restraining appellee, B. O. James, as Secretary of the Commonwealth, from sending out copies of the said act to the clerks of each county and…
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