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" 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 powers... "
Political Science Quarterly - Page 2
1895
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Reports of Civil and Criminal Cases Decided by the ..., Volume 14; Volume 77

Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1879 - 942 pages
...to a legislative body such as a city council. EP BRADSTREET AND CLARK & SIMON FOR APPELLANTS. 1. " It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...possesses and can exercise the following powers and no othPattern, &c. v. Stephens, <£c. ers: fir.t/, those granted in express words; tecond, those necessarily...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 51

Alabama. Supreme Court - 1877 - 714 pages
...effect the purposes of their creation. In the work to which reference has been made it is stated : " It is a general and undisputed proposition of law,...municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the [New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad Co. v. Dunn.] following powers, and no others : First,...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 246

Illinois. Supreme Court - 1911 - 726 pages
...the following powers and no others : "First, those granted in express words; second, those necessary or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly...indispensable. Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the ex840 — 20 istence of the power is resolved by the courts against the corporation and the power is...
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North Carolina Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 70

North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1874 - 812 pages
...shall appear necessary and best answer the purposes intended for regulatingend governing said town." It is a general and undisputed proposition of law,...declared objects and purposes of the corporation. Dillon Mnn. Corporations, Sec. 55 ; Spaulding v. Lowell, 23 Rich. 71, 74. Our case seems to fall within...
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The Law of Municipal Corporations, Volume 1

John Forrest Dillon - 1873 - 546 pages
...Holland v. Baltimore, 11 Md. 186. Extent of Power— Limitation — Canons of Construction. § 55. It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Auy fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence ol power is resolved by the courts against the...
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Monopolies and the People

D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 494 pages
...purposes exclusively. Judge Dillon, in his valuable work on municipal corporations, says that " They can exercise the following powers, and no others :...words. Second, those necessarily or fairly implied, or incident to the powers expressly granted. Third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes...
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Monopolies and the People

D. C. Cloud - 1873 - 556 pages
...purposes exclusively. Judge Dillon, in his valuable work on municipal corporations, says that "They can exercise the following powers and no others: First,...words. Second, those necessarily or fairly implied, or incident to the powers expressly granted. Third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes...
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The Central Law Journal, Volumes 44-45

1897 - 1116 pages
...law," says a distinguished jurist and eminent commentator in his excellent treatise on this subject, "that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise...fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of apprehension, or conviction of offenders against tbe criminal laws of the State. Nor does any statute...
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Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Iowa: From the ..., Volume 2

Thomas Foster Withrow, Edward Holcomb Stiles - 1875 - 724 pages
...necessarily implied, or necessarily incident to the powers expressly granted ; third, those absolutely essential to the declared objects and purposes of...corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable; and any fair doubt as to the existence of a power is resolved by the courts against the corporation...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 16

Isaac Grant Thompson - 1876 - 854 pages
...shall appear necessary and best answer the purposes intended for regulating and governing said town." It is a general and undisputed proposition of law,...declared objects and purposes •of the corporation. Dillon on Mun. Corp., § 55; Spaulding T. Lowell, 23 Eich. 71, 74 Our case seems to fall within the...
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