McEwen v. City of Coeur D'Alene
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District for the County of Kootenai. Hon. R. N. Dunn, Judge. An action instituted for the purpose of determining the validity of two ordinances enacted by the city of Coeur d’Alene for public improvements.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District for the County of Kootenai. Hon. R. N. Dunn, Judge. An action instituted for the purpose of determining the validity of two ordinances enacted by the city of Coeur d’Alene for public improvements. The Idaho statute is materially dissimilar to statutes in other states, in that the legislature has delegated to the city council of this state the exclusive power to, first, pass upon the necessity of a municipal improvement; and, secondly, to determine the character of that improvement. ('Williams v. City of Caldivell, 19 Ida. 514, 114…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
— The appellants commenced this action against the city oí Coenr d’Alene, a municipal corporation, and its mayor and council and the Warren Construction Company, a corporation, for the purpose of securing an injunction from laying pavement on Fourth street, in the city of Coeur d’Alene, under a contract entered into between the city of Coeur d’Alene and the Warren Construction Company, and for the purpose of having determined whether Ordinance No. 344 of the ordinances of Coeur d’Alene city, passed and approved by the city of Coeur d’Alene on March 2, 1911, and also Ordinance No. 361 of the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Mayor of Baltimore v. FlackCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1906
- Fishburn v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Nicolson Pavement Co. v. PainterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
- Saunders v. City of Iowa CitySupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Fineran v. Central Bitulithic Paving Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
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