Municipal corporations," said Dillon CJ, " owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature. It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist. As it creates, so it may destroy. If it may destroy,... Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of ... - Page 193by Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - 1887Full view - About this book
| Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1152 pages
...Co., 24 Iowa, 455-475, Chief Justice Dillon, speaking for the court, said : "Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature. ]t breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist. As it creates, so it may... | |
| Law - 1914 - 1370 pages
...conducting affairs of government, and as such it is subject to the control of the Legislature. They owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the Legislature. Ryan v. City of New York. 69 NE 599, 601, 177 NT 271 (quoting Williams v. Eggleston, 18 Sup. Ot. 017,... | |
| Law - 1914 - 1398 pages
...affairs of government, and as such it is subject to the control of the Legislature. They owe tlielr origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the Legislature. Ryan v. City of New York, 69 NE 599, 601, 177 NT 271 (quoting Williams v. Eggleston, 18 Sup. Ot. 617,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1208 pages
...constitutional limitation on the right of eminent domain.' "The true view is this: Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights...breath of life, without which they cannot exist. As it create», so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control. Unless there is some constitutional... | |
| William Bennett Munro - Municipal government - 1928 - 598 pages
...corporations," said Judge Dillon in this case, "owe their origin to, and derive their powers and right wholly from, the legislature. It breathes into them...there is some constitutional limitation on the right (ie, in the state constitution) the legislature might, by a single act, if we can suppose it capable... | |
| Raymond Garfield Gettell - Political science - 1928 - 652 pages
...opinion of Judge Dillon : "Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their powersTrom, the legislature. It breathes into them the breath...which they cannot exist. As it creates, so it may de°AM Eaton, The Origin of Municipal Incorporation (1902); "The Bight of Local Self -Government, "... | |
| Constitutional law - 1989 - 136 pages
...of local government subordination to the state legislature gained acceptance: Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights...may destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.78 This dependent status of local governments, particularly of large cities, became more and... | |
| Constitutional law - 1990 - 540 pages
...concerning the subordinate status of local government in the following words: "Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights...may destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control."34 The message of this text is blunt: the state legislature is the boss; the state legislature... | |
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