Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
712
W. L. THOMPSON
v.
!56[4 367
IN THE
W. L. THOMPSON
vs.
V. C. S~fiTH, CIIIEF OF POLICE OE, TH.I~ CITY OF
LYNCHBURG.
pass ·by-laws; but this power was not accompanied with these
limitations, namely; that every by-law must be reasonable, not
inconsistent with the charter of ~he corporation, nor with any
statute of parliament, nor with the general principles of the
common law of the land, particularly those having relation to
. the liberty of the subject or the rights of private property."
On page 961, Judge Lewis gave as the law where there was
a doubt of the authority to make the by-law it must be decided
in favor of the people.
In the case of the City of Richnwnd v. Jl od el Steant Laun-
dry Co1n1Jany, 69 S. E. 932, that case is a full discussion of the
question now before the court. Judge Whittle, on page· 932,
said:
By .A. S. HESTER,
His Atty.
(Notary certificate omitte~ in this transcript.)
DEMURRER.
The said defendant says that the bill in this canse is not
sufficient in law, and states the ground of demurrer relied on
to be as follows:
\
The bill on its face shows tl1at the plaintiff has a remedy
nt law to ha.ve his rig·hts in this case determined in that the
ordinance set forth in said bill provides that the plaintiff shall
have the right to apply to the judge of the Municipal Court to
l1ave his permit re-instated and that the said plaintiff has
failed to exercise this legal right, and cannot apply for an in-
junction until he has exhausted his legal remedy.
T. G. HOBBS, P. D.
page 8 ~ And now at this day, to-wit: At Lynchburg Cor-
poration Court, 1viarch 15th, 1929, the day and year
first hereinbefore mentioned.
This cause eame on this day to be heard on the bill of com..
plaint and the demurrer of the defendant, which demurrer
states as its ground that the plaintiff has a remedy at law,
and cannot apply for an injunction until he has exhausted
his legal remedy, and was argued by counsel.
W. L. Thompson v. D. C. Smith. 27
On consideration whereof the court doth sustain the said
demurrer, and doth dismiss said bill.
I, Hubert H. ~fartin, clerk of the corporation court for the
~ity of Lynchburg·, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
transcript of the record in the cause of W. L. Thompson vs.
D. 0. Smith, Chief of Police of Lynchburg, and I further
.certify that notice as required by Section 6339 of the ·Code
has been duly given, as appears by a paper writing :filed with
said record.
The clerk's fee for making said transcript is $4.00.
Given under my hand this 1st day of Apri~, 1929.