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TOWN OF ASHLAND v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

117 S.E.2d 679 (1961)

202 Va. 409

TOWN OF ASHLAND et al. v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR HANOVER COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 16, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Enos Ray, Richmond, for appellants.

Leslie D. Campbell, Jr., Commonwealth's Atty., Ashland, George E. Allen, Sr., Richmond (Frank C. Maloney, III, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Morton L. Wallerstein and V. C. Adamson, Richmond, for League of Virginia Municipalities and others, amici curiae.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.

SNEAD, Justice.

On February 18, 1959, the Board of Supervisors for Hanover county instituted a proceeding for a declaratory judgment against the Town of Ashland and its municipal officers. Petitioner challenged Ashland's authority to impose a license tax upon motor vehicles owned by the town's residents, as set forth in an ordinance it proposed to adopt on March 14, 1959, pursuant to §§ 46.1-65 and 46.1-66, as amended and reenacted (1959, Ex.Sess., cc. 22...

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