 | Eugene McQuillin - 1911 - 956 páginas
...limit by Sharswood, J., in an early Pennsylvania case, where he says that a municipal corporation "is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the purpose of carrying out County, 34 Mo. 546; State ex rel. v. Linn County, 44 Mo. 504; St. Louis v. Shields, 52 Mo. 351; State... | |
 | Connecticut. Office of the Attorney General - 1913 - 296 páginas
...that the State of its own motion, for reasons of public policy, could abolish a town. A town is — " Merely an agency, instituted by the sovereign for...carrying out in detail the objects of government, essentially a revocable agency having no vested right to any of its powers or franchises, the charter... | |
 | 1914 - 1370 páginas
...sovereignty of the people." Adams v. Oklahoma City, 95 Рас. 975, 979, 20 Okl. 519. A "municipality" is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the...carrying out in detail the objects of government, essentially a revocable agency, subject to legislative control "which may destroy its very existence... | |
 | 1920 - 904 páginas
...or connected with a particular district, enabling them to conduct its local civil government. It is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the purpose of carrying out in detail the objects of the government. Philadelphia v. Fox, 64 Penn. St. 180. Municipal corporation is a subordinate branch... | |
 | Harold S. Buttenheim - 1920 - 764 páginas
...the seller." Powers of Pennsylvania Cities A municipality is merely an agency instituted by the state for the purpose of carrying out in detail the objects of government. The Legislature may enlarge or diminish its territorial extent or its functions, or modify its internal... | |
 | Chester Collins Maxey - 1924 - 660 páginas
...creature of the law. "The mayor and council of Wilmington is merely an agency instituted by the state for the purpose of carrying out in detail the objects of government," said the court1 ; and in an earlier famous decision1: "Being the mere creature of the law, it (the... | |
 | Rufino Luna - 1926 - 368 páginas
...the government for political purposes, and having subordinate and local powers of legislation It is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the...carrying out in detail the objects of government, essentially a revocable agency, having no vested right to any of its powers or franchises, the charter... | |
 | Rufino Luna - 1926 - 364 páginas
...the government for political purposes, and having subordinate and local powers of legislation It is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the...carrying out in detail the objects of government, essentially a revocable agency, having no vested right to any of its powers or franchises, the charter... | |
 | 1920 - 1092 páginas
...and Com. v. Moir, 199 Pa. 584, 49 Atl. 351, 53 LRA 837, 85 Am. St Rep. SOI, that a municipality is "merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for...carrying out in detail the objects of government, • » * an(j therefore * * * the Legislature • * * may enlarge or diminish its territorial extent... | |
 | 1907 - 1258 páginas
...particular district, enabling them to conduct its local civil government Glover, Mun. Corp. 1. It is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the purpose of carrying out In detail the objects of gov852 353 ernment, essentially a revocable agency, having no vested right to any of Its powers or... | |
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The city of Philadelphia is a municipal corporation, that is a public corporation created by the government for political purposes, and having subordinate and local powers of legislation It is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the purpose... 
