...political subdivision is merely a creature of the state and derives all of its power from the state. It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise only those powers expressly granted, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers...

...the courts, said Dillon, to enforce the following view of the relationship between city and states: "It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the power expressly granted; third, those essential...

...contract ; but,*only the avails or residue of the general alimony taje can be funded into bonds. [2] A municipal corporation possesses and can exercise...no others: First, those granted In express words; those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; and, third, those...

...cannot with safety be, adopted." And Mr. Dillon, in his work on Municipal Corporations (4th Ed. Ç 89), says: "It Is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses the following powers, and no others: First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily...

...and understood. It is well said by Mr. Dillon, in his work on Municipal Corporations, that "it ¡sa general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and exercises the following powers, and no others: First, those granted in express words; second, those...

...summarized in an 1868 opinion by Justice John F. Dillon of the Iowa Supreme Court. Dillon's Rule reads: It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential...

...corporation, and the power is denied.' " (1 Dillon on Municipal Corporations, sec. 89.) It is declared, "as a general and undisputed proposition of law, that...and can exercise the following powers and no others: 1. Those granted in express words; 2. Those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers...

...The Doctrine of an Inherent Right of Local Self-Government, 16 COLUM. L. REV. 190. 299 (1916). 149 It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in, or incident, to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential...

...permits. This rule was expressed in an Iowa case in the 18708. Judge John F. Dillon wrote, "It is the general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and may exercise the following powers: first, those granted in expressed words; second, those necessary...

...Dillon published Treatise on the Law of Municipal Corporations, Dillon's rule, in Treatise, asserts: It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...First, those granted in express words; second those necessarily or fairly implied in, or incident to, the powers expressly granted; third, those essential...