CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TEL. CO. v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS


73 S.E.2d 394 (1952)

194 Va. 409

CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TEL. CO. OF VIRGINIA v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 1, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leigh D. Williams and W. R. C. Cocke, Norfolk, and Harry H. Holt, Jr., Hampton, for appellant.

Harry L. Nachman, Newport News, for appellee.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

The telephone company, plaintiff below, brought this suit in equity for redress of its alleged grievances. The trial court sustained a demurrer and dismissed the bill as amended on the ground that the plaintiff had an adequate remedy at law. This appeal brings up for review the validity of that ruling.

The purposes of the bill were to have declared unconstitutional and void an ordinance of the city adopted on April 30, 1951, imposing a license...

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