Supreme Court of Virginia November 2, 1807 (Branch v. Commonwealth)

These were three cases of appeals from decisions of the General Court. The appellant, who are inspectors of tobacco at Johnson’s, Trent’s, and Manchester warehouses, had, in the settlement of their accounts with the auditor* *215charged the Commonwealth with the hire of the number of labourers which had, at their respective warehouses, been allowed by the County Court of Chesterfield, at one