 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 Pacific Reporter - Page 3821911Full view - About this book
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 942 pages
...othPattern, &c. v. Stephens, <£c. ers: fir.t/, those granted in express words; tecond, those necessarily and fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly...corporation, not simply convenient, but indispensable." (Dillon on Mun. Cor., sec. 55.) 2. The extradition of criminals under treaty stipulations is provided... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 714 pages
...Railroad Co. v. Dunn.] following powers, and no others : First, those granted in express words ; secondly, those necessarily or fairly implied in, or incident...corporation, — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved by the courts against the... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 840 pages
...undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others: First, those granted in express...corporation, — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved by the courts against the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 726 pages
...undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers and no others : First, those granted in express...corporation, — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of the power is resolved by the courts against... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 812 pages
...undisputed proposition of law, that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following .powers and no others : First, those granted in express...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... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - Corporation law - 1873 - 546 pages
...undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses, and can exercise, the following powers, and no others : First, those granted in express...corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Auy fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence ol power is resolved by the courts against the... | |
 | D. C. Cloud - Monopolies - 1873 - 488 pages
...and no others: First, those granted in express words. Second, those necessarily or fairly implied, or incident^ to the powers expressly granted. Third,...corporation— not simply convenient, but indispensable." The same author, in treating upon aid to railroads, while admitting that the current of judicial decision... | |
 | D. C. Cloud - Monopolies - 1873 - 494 pages
...Dillon, in his valuable work on municipal corporations, says that " They can exercise the following powers, and no others : First, those granted in express...words. Second, those necessarily or fairly implied, or incident to the powers expressly granted. Third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes... | |
 | D. C. Cloud - Monopolies - 1873 - 556 pages
...Dillon, in his valuable work on municipal corporations, says that "They can exercise the following powers and no others: First, those granted in express...words. Second, those necessarily or fairly implied, or incident to the powers expressly granted. Third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes... | |
 | Law - 1897 - 1116 pages
...excellent treatise on this subject, "that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others: First, those granted in express...corporation— not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of apprehension, or conviction of offenders against... | |
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