Commonwealth ex rel. Norfolk-Hampton Roads Co. v. Bush Bluff Railway Co.
Commonwealth ex rel. Norfolk-Hampton Roads Co. v. Bush Bluff Railway Co.
Opinion of the Court
The Commonwealth of Virginia, at the relation of Norf olk-Hampton Boads Company, filed its information in which it charges that the Bush Bluff Bailway Com
The court is of opinion that the demurrer should have been overruled. The information presents many interesting questions of novelty and importance. The court is of opinion that these questions may be more satisfactorily dealt with when proof is adduced in support of the allegations of the information, on the one hand, and such plea as the defendant, Bush Bluff Bailway Company, may enter upon the other. Therefore, it is considered by the court that the judgment complained of be reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings to be had therein in order to a final judgment upon the merits.
Reversed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Commonwealth Ex. Rel. Norfolk-Hampton Roads Co. v. Bush Bluff Railway Company
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- 1.. Quo Warranto—Demurrer—Trial on Merits—Case at Bar—Corporations.—The information in the nature of a writ of quo warranto filed in the case at bar, alleging that defendant’s charter was obtained for a fraudulent purpose and seeking to have the same annulled, presents many interesting questions of novelty and importance which can be more satisfactorily dealt with when an issue is made and proof offered than by a ruling upon a demurrer, hence it was error to have sustained the demurrer.