Commonwealth v. Chaffin

Citations

• 87 Va. 545
• 12 S.E. 972
• 1891 Va. LEXIS 106

Syllabus

<p>1. Appellate Jurisdiction—Onus.—The burden of showing existence of jurisdiction to review a judgment in this court is on plaintiff in error, and such jurisdiction must affirmatively appear on the record.</p> <p>2. Public Pree Schools—Assessments for.—Constitutionality of statute providing for separate assessments of taxes for support of such schools is no longer questioned. Vashon v. Greenhow, 135 U. S., 716.</p> <p>3. Idem—Case at bar.—Tax-payer, having tendered coupons for tax of less than $500, petitioned for jury to determine their genuineness, but did not allege that none of the taxes were for school purposes. General demurrer to petition was overruled, and Commonwealth appealed: held, though the demurrer was improperly overruled, yet this court has no jurisdiction to revise the judgment, as the record did not show that a constitutional question was involved.</p>