 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames - 1846 - 872 Seiten
...where the corporations have no private estate or interest in the grant. If the powers conferred be granted for public purposes exclusively, they belong to the corporate body, in its public and numicipal character; but if for purposes of private advantage and emolument, though the public... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1874 - 664 Seiten
...separation is not rendered impossible by the confusion. In separating them, regard must be had to the object of the legislature in conferring them. If granted...corporate body in its public, political or municipal BOARD or PABK Con M i»»i ONHRS r. COHHOIC COUNCIL or DITROIT. character. But if the grant was for... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1855 - 710 Seiten
...private advantage, with the view of distinguishing one class from the other, says : " To this end, regard should be had, not so much to the nature and character of the various powers conferred, as the object and purpose of the Legislature in conferring them. If granted for public purposes, exclusively,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1920 - 684 Seiten
...the public good. In separating the two powers, public and private, regard must be had to the, object of the legislature in conferring them. If granted...exclusively they belong to the corporate body in its public, polftical or municipal character; but if the grant was for purposes of private advantages and emolument,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1907 - 750 Seiten
...the public good. In separating the two powers, public and private, regard must be had to the object of the legislature in conferring them. If granted for public purposes exclusively, they belongf to the corporate body in its public, political or municipal ' iaracter; but if the grant was... | |
 | Murray Hoffman - 1862 - 486 Seiten
...of the private property of the city — as much so as the lands and houses within it. If powers are granted for public purposes exclusively, they belong...political, or municipal character. But if the grant was for the purposes of private advantage and emolument, though the public may derive a common benefit therefrom,... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1905 - 922 Seiten
...distinction is quite clear and well settled, and the process of separation practicable. To this end, regard should be had, not so much to the nature and...purpose of the Legislature in conferring them. If FISHER v. NEW BERN. granted for public purposes, exclusively, they belong to the corporate body in... | |
 | 1892 - 554 Seiten
...distinction is quite clear and well settled, and the process of separation practicable. To this end regard should be had, not so much to the nature and...belong to the corporate body in its public, political character. But if the grant was for purposes of private advantage and emolument, though the public... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - 1877 - 648 Seiten
...distinction is quite clear and well settled, and the process of separation practicable. To this end, regard should be had, not so much to the nature and...to the corporate body in its public, political or Hart v. The City of Bridgeport. municipal character. But, if the grant was for purposes of private... | |
 | George Washington Field - 1881 - 620 Seiten
...presumptions as natural persons." In speaking of municipal corporations they say: "If the powers conferred be granted for public purposes exclusively, they belong to the corporate body in its public and municipal character; but if for purposes of private advantage and emolument, though the public... | |
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To this end, regard should be had, not so much to the nature and character of the various powers conferred. as to the object and purpose of the Legislature In conferring them. If granted for public purposes exclusively, they belong to the corporate body... 
