 | 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
...Statutes. Ibid 166 14. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ARE AGENCIES of the sovereign authority of the state, and can exercise no powers but those which are conferred...duties, and the accomplishment of the purposes of their incorporation. Henderson, &c. v. City of Covington, &c 312 16. THE CITY COUNCIL OF COVINGTON HAD NO... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1883 - 846 pages
...this kind may exercise any power conferred upon it by charter or such as are necessary to the exercise of their corporate duties and the accomplishment of the purposes of their association. 23 Pick., 74. The Mayor, etc., of Rome vt. McWilllmros , • <>(. Cities and towns, by... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 1154 pages
...inhabitants. The principle is now well settled, that corporations, being creatures by which seveial persons are associated together to act in concert,...duties, and the accomplishment of the purposes of their association. This principle is fairly derived from the nature of 75 corporations, and the mode in which... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - Corporation law - 1873 - 546 pages
...the late learned Chief Justice tihaw, who, speaking of municipal and public corporations, says: "They can exercise no powers but those which are conferred...duties, and the accomplishment of the purposes of their association. This principle is derived from the nature of corporations, the mode in which they are... | |
 | Robert Alexander Harrison - Liquor laws - 1874 - 1262 pages
...Legislature. "They c^n exercise no powers but those which arc conferred upon them by the Act under which they are constituted, or such as are necessary...their corporate duties, and the accomplishment of the purpose of their association. This principle is derived from the nature of Corporations, the mode in... | |
 | William Wait - Actions and defenses - 1878 - 1004 pages
...190. § 5. Construction of charter. It is a well-established principle, that municipal corporations can exercise no powers but those which are conferred...duties, and the accomplishment of the purposes of their association. Spauldvng v. Lowell, 23 Pick. 71 ; Clark v. Davenport, 14 Iowa, 494 ; Le Couteulx v. Buffalo,... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 946 pages
...CHANCERY COURT. 1. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ARE AGENCIES of the sovereign authority of the state, and can exercise no powers, but those which are conferred...duties, and the accomplishment of the purposes of their incorporation. 2. THE CITY COUNCIL OF COVINGTON HAD NO POWER TO APPROPRIATE THE REVENUES OF THE CITY... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1883 - 842 pages
...this kind may exercise any power conferred upon it by charter or such as are necessary to the exercise of their corporate duties and the accomplishment of the purposes of their association. 23 Pick., 74. The Mayor, etc., of Rome vs. McWilliams et ul. Cities and towns, by virtue... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 976 pages
...existence of power is resolved by the courts against the corporation, and the power is denied. They can exercise no powers but those which are conferred...duties, and the accomplishment of the purposes of their association." Now it has been urged in behalf of the appellant that the legislature having granted... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 956 pages
...existence of power is resolved by the courts against the corporation, and the power is denied. They can exercise no powers but those which are conferred...duties, and the accomplishment of the purposes of those associations." Now, it has been urged in behalf of the appellant that the legislature having... | |
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They can exercise no powers but those which are conferred upon them by the act by which they are constituted, or such as are necessary to the exercise of their corporate powers, the performance of their corporate duties, and the accomplishment of the... 
