 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...  The Southeastern Reporter - Page 1851906Full view - About this book
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884
...Dillon, in his work on municipal corporations, sec. 89, very clearly states the law as follows ; he says: "It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal cor• poration possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others: 1. Those granted in... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878
...corporation by theso instruments. Dillon on Municipal Corporations, chapter v., p. 173, sec. 55, says: "It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...First, those granted in express words; second, those necuxsarily or fairly implied. in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third,. those essential... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879
...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 othFatten, <Stc. v. Stephens, &c. er?: Firtt, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903
...besides, while cost may be a criterion, it can hardly be considered an equivalent of value. III. " 'It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...second, those necessarily or fairly implied in, or incident to, the powers expressly granted ; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894
...says Dillon, (1 Dill. Mun. Corp. § 89,) "that a municipal corporation possesses and can exeri-ise the following powers, and no others: First, those...second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation, not simply convenient,... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882
...the reason that no power to enact them has been by the State delegated to municipal corporations. " It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...following powers, and no others: First, those granted in cypress words. Second, those necessarily or. fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly... | |
 | John Bouvier - Law - 1883
...character where a contract has been constituted; 11 Me. 118; Dartmouth Coll. Cas., 4 Wheat. 518; 58 NH 575. "A municipal corporation possesses and can exercise...second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted ; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes... | |
 | Waterbury (Conn.) - 1883
...the Legislature. Judge Dillon, in his excellent treatise on Municipal Incorporations, says, "It is an undisputed proposition of law that a municipal "corporation...possesses, and can exercise the following powers. " 1st. Those granted in express words. 2nd. Those necessarily " or faii'ly implied in or incidental... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905
...Рас. 249, quotes with approval from Judge Dillon's work on Municipal Corporations the following: "It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884
...Dillon, in his work on Municipal Corporations, § 89, very clearly states the law as follows : He says : "It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...First, those granted in express words; second, those necessary or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted ; third, those essential... | |
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