McCarthy, Admr. v. Adams

On the first question presented, that the Court sustained the motion to strike the ordinance from the amended petition, we note that §3714 GC provides as follows:

“Municipal corporations shall have special power to regulate the use of the streets, to be exercised in the manner provided by law. The council shall have the care, supervision and control of public highways, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, aqueducts, and viaducts, within the corporation, and shall cause them to be kept-open, in repair, and free from nuisance.”

After the passage of the above statute, we…