McGuinn v. City of High Point

At tbe threshold of the case, it may be well to recall that a municipality is limited in its authority .to venture upon an enterprise such as here contemplated. Its powers are different from those usually granted to a public-service corporation, for it serves a single community while the latter may serve many. Nevertheless, the authority of a municipality is generally ample for its own purposes. Lutterloh v. Fayetteville, 149 N. C., 65, 62 S. E., 758; George v. Asheville, 80 Fed. (2d), 50, 103 A. L. R., 568.

Further, by way of preliminary observation, it may be noted that where the parties…