State ex rel. Bare v. Schinz

The technical distinctions between a municipal corporation and a county, sometimes designated as a ^aif-municipal corporation, have not at all times been observed by text-writers and by courts; and this failure to so distinguish is also made manifest in the constitution of our state. It is unfortunate that this is so, because much uncertainty, litigation, and expense could have been avoided if the fundamental distinctions between these classes of public bodies had at all times been clearly kept in mind and given full recognition. The distinctions between a municipal corporation proper and a…