A Selection of Cases on Municipal CorporationsHarvard University Press, 1911 - 686 strani |
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action affirmed agents aldermen alleged appears appellant applied appointed assessment authority benefit bonds building by-law Chaffee County charge charter cited citizens city council claim commissioners common council common law conferred constitution construction contract court of equity created damages debt declared defendant demurrer district Dixon County election enacted enforce erection ex rel execution exercise existence expenses fact fund granted held highways imposed indebtedness inhabitants injury issued judgment Justice Lake County legislative legislature levy liable license limits Mass Mayor ment municipal corporation necessary negligence obligation opinion ordinance owner paid park payment perform persons plaintiff plaintiff in error police proceedings public duty purchase purpose quasi corporations question quo warranto reason regulations rule sewers statute street taxation territory thereof tion town township ultra vires valid violation void vote writ writ of mandamus
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Stran 385 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be .ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Stran 490 - It is a maxim not to be disregarded that general expressions, in every opinion, are to be taken in connection with the case in which those expressions are used. If they go beyond the case, they may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit when the very point is presented for decision.
Stran 118 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Stran 498 - no county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount including existing indebtedness in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein to be ascertained by the last assessment for state and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Stran 344 - ... must be governed mainly by the course and usage of the government, the objects for which taxes have been customarily and by long course of legislation levied, what objects or purposes have been considered necessary to the support and for the proper use of the government, whether State or municipal. Whatever lawfully pertains to this and is sanctioned by time and the acquiescence of the people may well be held to belong to the public use and proper for the maintenance of good government, though...
Stran 166 - That the common law of England, so far as the same is applicable and of a general nature...
Stran 563 - June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and be Imprisoned not less than six months nor more than one year.
Stran 43 - The number, nature and duration of the powers conferred upon these corporations and the territory over which they shall be exercised rests in the absolute discretion of the State.
Stran 532 - Commonwealth that no private action, unless authorized by express statute, can be maintained against a city for the neglect of a public duty imposed upon it by law for the benefit of the public, and from the performance of which the corporation receives no profit or advantage.
Stran 563 - So, in every case, where a statute enacts, or prohibits a thing for the benefit of a person, he shall have a remedy upon the same statute for the thing enacted for his advantage, or for the recompense of a wrong done to him contrary to the said law.