The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-01
SUPREME COURT
AOJOURNS TERM
UpHOLDS CONSTITUTIONAL
OF TAZEWELL BOND ISSUE.
NEW TRIAL OF BASS CASE.

Before adJourning Tor the term Wed
iesday the Supreme Court of Appeals
refused 10 srant two writs OF error.
but gave heed to the petition OF the
Commonwealth that new trial be
granted in its case against Charles
Bass, OF Hanover county.
The State certified that she was ag
~rieved by judgment of the Cir
cult Court of Hanover county, render
ed March %, 1911, reversing judg-
justice OF the peace. the Circuit Court
entering a Judgment in favor Of Bass,
who had been fined by the said justice
on q charge OF violating the revenue
laws Of the State by selling intoxicat-
ing liquors without Il license. The
fine and costs aggregated $685.. and
the offense alleged occurred in jan
uary, 1910. The case will now go back
for "A second trial before the Hanover
County Circuit Court
Clatterbuck Loses.
In the case of the town of Culpeper
VS.. T. A. Ciatterbuck. the court re-
fused a writ OF supersedeas and APP
peal asked for by Clatterbuck. The
petition sets out that Clatterbuck had
sold the town OF Culpeper certain
land to be used in maintaining the
towns water works at Hungary Run.
and right OF way thereto. Clatter-
| buck denied the town ingress when
1t sent its men to clean out the pond
stating that his grant of right of way
was specifically to permit them to re-
pair the dam, and not to clean the
nLr
pond, which, he alleged. was dumped
upon bis lane. nor was ne willing to
! pei nit the town to haul such sediment
| over the rigat OF way he had sold the
1 town. The Circuit Court OF Culpepei
/ decided against Clatterbuck, and the
/ lower courts decision Ia affirmed.
! Jennings Gets Excess Sentence.
! The petition OF Walter Jennings FOR
! writ of error in his case was refused
Jennings was recently convicted Of
+, car breaking in the Corporation Cour,
] OF Danville. and given eighteen months
In the penitci.tiary. Having been once
before convicted OF crime the court
gave him five years additional.
/ Bond Issue Upheld.
/ In the much discussed road bone
| case from Tazewell county the cour,
! upheld the cunstitutionality of the nc,
/ OF the General Assembly. providins
for the bond Issue and upheld as wei
the regularity Of the action OF tht
county officers in holding the election
and issuing The bonds The style ol
the case was Z. J. Moss VS.. the County
of Tazewell. Moss originally sub.
sciibed to three bonds of value o,
sl,ooo each. The bonds were IL par,
of S625.0o0 issue, and, while the
county pledged its faith to the pay.
meut of the bonds they wert, issued or
the part OF the various lnagisterial dis.
uicts. Moss urged that the statute
under which tne election was held wa.
Unconstitutional, and that tie .nagis.
terra! districts, and not the county
were primarily responsible FOR III,
payment of the obligations.
The court paid especial heed to tn.
constitutional question involved, say,
ine that the large number of bond is
sues beirF voted made 1t necessar,
That the court be plainly understood
and says; In conclusion, we are O
the opinion hat the act in question
~ constitutional; that the bonds sr,
airect bonds for which razewell coun
~ Is primarily liable; and that tn
lawful
Court Adjourns.
The court heard arguments IN tn
case OF the Washington and Souther,
Railway Company We. Groves Admin
lstrator, argued by Creed nj. rulto,
and Lewis H. Machen, for the appellee
and Hill Carter for the appellant
Jefferson ct ais. VS. Gregory. wa
argued by IL. c, RELY. for the appel
lants. and r. G. Southan, for the an
pellee.
The court then adjourned alntii III,
regular January term
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