 | John Forrest Dillon - 1873 - 546 Seiten
...its officers, can do any act, or make any contract, or incur any liability, not authorized thereby. All acts beyond the scope of the powers granted are...or any act done, which is forbidden by charter or statutc. These principles are of transcendent importance, and lie at the foundation of the law of municipal... | |
 | 1916 - 1240 Seiten
...corporation nor its officers can dp any act, or make any contract, or incur any liability, not authorized thereby or by some legislative act applicable thereto....beyond the scope of the powers granted are void." 1 Dillon, Mun. Corp. (5th Ed.) § 237. The rule as thus stated has been approved and applied by this... | |
 | 1901 - 1134 Seiten
...created, Is its organic act; and the corporation cannot do any act not authorized by such charter, or by some legislative act applicable thereto. "All...beyond the scope of the powers granted are void." 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. (4th Ed.) p. 146, § 89. Surely, in not prescribing the amount to be paid as a license... | |
 | 1921 - 1162 Seiten
...corporation nor its officers can do any act, or make any contract, or incur any liability, not authorized thereby, or by some legislative act applicable thereto....beyond the scope of the powers granted are void." [1,2] A search for authority conferred by the Legislature does not reveal any enactment granting power,... | |
 | American Economic Association - 1888 - 620 Seiten
...incur any liability, not authorized thereby. All acts beyond the scope of the powers granted are void." "These principles are of transcendent importance, and lie at the foundation of the law of municipal corporations." We must, then, in accordance with the law of this subject, go to... | |
 | Amos Griswold Warner - 1888 - 614 Seiten
...incur any liability, not authorized thereby. All acts beyond the scope of the powers granted are void." "These principles are of transcendent importance, and lie at the foundation of the law of municipal corporations." We must, then, in accordance with the law of this subject, go to... | |
 | Missouri. Courts of Appeals - 1889 - 764 Seiten
...nor its officers can do any act or make any contract, or incur any liability not authorized thereby. All acts beyond the scope of the powers granted are...act done, which is forbidden by charter or statute." 1 Dill Mun. Corp. (3 Ed.) sec. 89; Kiley v. Oppenheimer, 55 Mo. 376; Leach v. Cargill, 60 Mo. 316 ;... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - 1890 - 840 Seiten
...corporation nor its officers can do any act, or make any contract, or incur any liability, not authorized thereby, or by some legislative act applicable thereto....All acts beyond the scope of the powers granted are void.1 Much less can any power be exercised, or any act done, which is forbidden by charter or statute.... | |
 | John Forrest Dillon - 1890 - 876 Seiten
...corporation nor its officers can do any act, or make any contract, or incur any liability, not authorized thereby, or by some legislative act applicable thereto....All acts beyond the scope of the powers granted are void.1 Much less can any power be exercised, or any act done, which is forbidden by charter or statute.... | |
 | John Lewis - 1892 - 846 Seiten
...corporation nor its officers can do any act, nor make any contract, or incur any liaoility, not authorized thereby, or by some legislative act applicable thereto....beyond the scope of the powers granted are void." Dill. Mnn. Corp. (4th ed.), § 89. Judge Dillon, however, quotes approvingly from the supreme court... | |
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Of every municipal corporation the charter or statute by which it is created is its organic act. Neither the corporation nor its officers can do any act, or make any contract, or incur any liability, not authorized thereby, or by some legislative act... 
