Legal Opinion
Lloyd v. City of Great Falls
Montana Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1938No. 7,907PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Angstman
This is an action by a taxpayer of Great Falls to enjoin the defendants from erecting a civic center, to house the offices of the city government on lands deeded to the city for park purposes. Judgment went for defendants, and plaintiff appealed.
The facts are, that on December 9, 1889, the Great Falls Water Power & Townsite Company donated certain lands to the city of Great Falls. The conveyance contained a clause that the lands are to be used by the city for public park purposes only, and restricted the right of the city to convey the same or any part thereof, or to use it for any other than…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Brooklyn Park Commissioners v. ArmstrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Reichelderfer v. QuinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Nicoll v. . the New-York and Erie Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Owen v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Slavich v. HamiltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Hames v. City of PolsonMontana Supreme Court · 1950
- Colwell v. City of Great FallsMontana Supreme Court · 1945
- Kirkwood v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
- Rayor v. City of CheyenneWyoming Supreme Court · 1947
- Baldwin Manor, Inc. v. City of BirminghamMichigan Supreme Court · 1954
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