It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others: First, those granted in express words ; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in, or incident to, the... Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Page 576by Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Marquis B. Eaton, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1900Full view - About this book
| 1895 - 1210 pages
...and no others: First, those granted In express words; second, those necessarily or fairly luiplied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third,...corporation, — not simply convenient, but indispensable." This language has been so often quoted by courts of last resort, including the supreme court of the... | |
| William Weeks Morrill - 1895 - 1082 pages
...words, or those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly conferred, or those essential to the declared objects and purposes...corporation, not simply convenient, but indispensable." "Implied powers," says Judge COOLEY (Const. Lim., marg., p. 194), "are such as are necessary in order... | |
| William John Tossell - 1905 - 832 pages
...as are expressly granted, and such as are fairly implied in those expressly granted, and such as are essential to the declared objects and purposes of...corporation,— " Not simply convenient, but indispensable." And Judge Dillon adds: "Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved by... | |
| Ohio. Courts - 1898 - 612 pages
...words ; second — Those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly grantee third — Those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — no' simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of... | |
| 1896 - 916 pages
...and asks to be discharged therefrom. Meturs. Campbell & Hanking, with Mr. CE Benton, for petitioner: A municipal corporation possesses and can exercise...declared objects and purposes of the corporation. 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. 4th ed. § 89; Anderson v. Wellington, 2 LRA 110, 40 Kan. 176. The statutes do not... | |
| Marcus Tullius Hun, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1895 - 734 pages
...: "A municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others: Ft rut, those granted in express words / second, those necessarily...corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable." The powers vested in the defendant upon the subject now under consideration are those granted to its... | |
| William Weeks Morrill - 1897 - 986 pages
...Municipal Corporations (4th ed. sec. 89), defines the powers of a municipal corporation as follows: "It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of the power is resolved by the courts against the corporation, Levis v. City of Newton and Electric Co.... | |
| 1897 - 922 pages
...following powers, and no others: First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairiy implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted;...corporation, not simply convenient, but indispensable. Dill. Mun. Corp. 4th ed. S 89; Cook County v. McCi-ea, 93 111. 236. Public powers and trusts are incapable... | |
| 1898 - 1260 pages
...such as is contained In chapter 37, Laws 1889. Dillon on Municipal Corporations (4th Ed. § 89) says: "It Is a general and undisputed proposition of law...corporation, — not simply convenient, but Indispensable." This declaration of the law meets with express approval in Trester v. City of Sheboygan, 87 Wis. 496,... | |
| 1898 - 932 pages
...expenses thereof, unless by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters therein. Const, art. 7, § 7. A municipal corporation possesses and can exercise...corporation, — not simply convenient, but indispensable. 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. 4th ed. S 89. Repairing and building bridges are necessary expenses of a county.... | |
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