Logan & Sons v. Pyne
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque Circuit Court. The petition alleges that by ordinance the city of Dubucjue granted to plaintiffs “ the exclusive privilege and franchise of running for hire omnibuses for the purpose of conveying persons, passengers and travelers, and their baggage upon the •streets of the city to and from the hotels, steamboat landings and railroad stations,” on condition that they should furnish necessary and suitable vehicles, for the conveyance of travelers and…
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Appeal from Dubuque Circuit Court. The petition alleges that by ordinance the city of Dubucjue granted to plaintiffs “ the exclusive privilege and franchise of running for hire omnibuses for the purpose of conveying persons, passengers and travelers, and their baggage upon the •streets of the city to and from the hotels, steamboat landings and railroad stations,” on condition that they should furnish necessary and suitable vehicles, for the conveyance of travelers and citizens to any part of the city at all reasonable hours, and •for certain charges fixed by the ordinance. The exclusive…
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, J., 1. MUNICIPAL limFtation of; powers. I. The power of municipal corporations is strictly' confined within the limits prescribed by the statutes creating them, and will not be extended by the courts upon d L uaere inference. It always depends upon express grant, or must be necessarily implied as incident
to other powers expressly granted, or indispensable to the object and purpose for which the corporations were created. Doubts as to the existence of such powers must be resolved against the corporations and in favor of the public. Merriam v. Moody, Ex'r, 25 Iowa, 164; The State v.…
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