FALLON FLORIST, INC. v. CITY OF ROANOKE


58 S.E.2d 316 (1950)

190 Va. 564

FALLON FLORIST, Inc., et al. v. CITY OF ROANOKE. BARROW-PENN & CO., Inc., et al. v. CITY OF ROANOKE. PATRICK HENRY OPERATING CO., Inc., et al. v. CITY OF ROANOKE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hazlegrove, Shackelford & Carr, Earl A. Fitzpatrick, Roanoke, for appellants, Fallon Florist, Inc., and others.

H. M. Moomaw, Roanoke, for appellants, Barrow-Penn & Company, Inc., and others.

Woodrum Hazlegrove, Shackelford & Carr, Roanoke, for appellants, Patrick Henry Operating Company, Inc., and others.

Randolph G. Whittle, James N. Kincanon, Roanoke, for appellee.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and GREORY, EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BCHANAN and MILLER, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Justice.

These appeals involve the validity of certain ordinances enacted by the council of the city of Roanoke imposing taxes upon three types of business transactions conducted within the city. Each of the appeals is from a decree entered by the lower court in a declaratory judgment proceeding 1 sustaining the validity of the ordinance and the tax thereby imposed.

The Fallon Florist case involves the validity of a...

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