...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...

...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,...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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, "...

..."Dillon's Rule," after Justice Dillon of the Supreme Court of Iowa who declared : Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the [State] legislature. It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist As it...

...government is defined by the so-called "Dillon Rule": The true view is this: Municipal corporations owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights...they cannot exist. As it creates, so it may destroy, it may abridge and control. Unless there is some constitutional limitation on the right, the legislature...

...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...

...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...