Legal Opinion
Bowler v. Nagel
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 1924No. Docket No. 42PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
The Constitution of 1850 contained the following provision (Art. 15, § 13) :
“The legislature shall provide for the incorporation and organization of cities and villages, and shall restrict their powers of taxation, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit.”
Our present Constitution, adopted in 1908, contains a similar provision (Art. 8, § 20). It is followed by section 21, which reads as follows:
“Under such general laws, the electors of each city and village shall have power and authority to frame, adopt and amend its charter and to amend an existing charter of the city or…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pennie v. ReisSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- United States v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- O'Dea v. CookCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
- Trustees of Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund v. RoomeNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Hays v. City of KalamazooMichigan Supreme Court · 1947
- Ayers v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1940
- Maasdam v. Estate of MaasdamSupreme Court of Iowa · 1946
- In Re Estate of StratmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
- Ustick v. UstickIdaho Court of Appeals · 1983
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