Supreme Court of Virginia March 17, 1898 (Brooke v. Turner)

Riely, J.

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error filed with the clerk of the Corporation Court of the city of Boanoke an application under the act of *697January 29, 1896 (Acts 1895-’96, cli. 179, p. 219), amending section 666 of the Code, as amended by the act of March 5, 1894 (Acts 1893-’94, ch. 635, p.