City of Aurora v. West

Chief Justice Blade,

in giving the opinion of the Court in that case, says:

“ That which a company is authorized to do by its act of incorporation, it may do; beyond that all its acts are illegal. And the power must be given in plain words or by necessary implication. All powers inot given in this direct and Unmistakable manner are withheld. It ■is strange that the Attorney General, or any body else, should complain against a company that keeps itself within bounds, which are always thus clearly marked; and equally grange that a company which has happened to transgress them should come before…