 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1877 - 714 sivua
...— not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved by the courts against the corporation, and the power is denied." Dillon Mun. Corp. § 55. The proposed corporate act of which complaint is made, and which the court... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1911 - 726 sivua
...unless the municipal authorities possess, under the constitution, the right to exercise such powers. "It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...against the corporation and the power is denied." (Dillon on Mun. Corp. — 4th ed. — sec. 87 ; City of Chicago v. Bloir, supra.} Clearly, under the... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - 1873 - 546 sivua
...— not simply convenient, but indispensable. Auy fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence ol power is resolved by the courts against the corporation,...statute by which it is created is its organic act. Nbither the corporation, nor its officers, can do any act, or make any contract, or incur any liability,... | |
 | 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 - 1884 - 550 sivua
...— not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair reasonable doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved by the courts against the corporation, and the power is denied. Of every municipality, the charter or statute by which it is created is its organic act. Neither the corporation... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1879 - 1096 sivua
...suffice to defeat the presumption of such grant. "Any fair, reasonable doubt, concerning the existence of power is resolved by the courts against the corporation and the power is denied." 1 Dillon's Municipal Corporations, sec. 55. "All acts beyond the scope of the powers granted are void.... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1880 - 818 sivua
...the duty of the courts to deny the power. " Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved by the courts against the corporation and the power is denied." Dillon on Municipal Corporations, Vol. 1, Sec. 55. AFFIHMKD. BUEEOWS v. WADDELL AND SCITALLEK, 1. Replevin:... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1881 - 896 sivua
...the duty of the courts to deny the power. " Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved by the courts against the corporation and the power is denied." 1 Dill, on Mun. Corp., § 55. Judgment affirmed. SMALLEY v. GREENE. (Si Iowa, 241.) Attorney — public... | |
 | 1916 - 1240 sivua
...Any fair, reasonable, substantial doubt concerning the existence or power is resolved by the _courts against the corporation, and the power is denied....organic act Neither the corporation nor its officers can dp any act, or make any contract, or incur any liability, not authorized thereby or by some legislative... | |
 | 1887 - 956 sivua
...— not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved by the courts against the corporation,...statute by which it is created, is its organic act." 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. § 55, p. 173. These views are approved by the courts in the following cases: Spauldlng... | |
 | 1915 - 1230 sivua
...Language purporting to define the powers of a municipal corporation is to be strictly construed, and any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence...against the corporation, and the power is denied. [Ed. Note.— For other cases, see Municipal Corporations, Cent Dig. || 145-147 ; Dec. Dig. 4. MUNICIPAL... | |
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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... 
