Booth v. Town of Woodbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for an injunction. The petition alleged that the legal voters of the town of Woodbury held a special town meeting, in pursuance of a call by the selectmen for the same, on the 13th day of August, 1863, at which the following votes were passed.
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Petition for an injunction. The petition alleged that the legal voters of the town of Woodbury held a special town meeting, in pursuance of a call by the selectmen for the same, on the 13th day of August, 1863, at which the following votes were passed. “ Whereas, under the law of Congress passed March 3d, 1863, known as the Conscription Law, and under the call of the President of the United States, the apportionment thereunder of the town of Woodbury is supposed to be thirty-two men, to be drafted from among the citizens of this town liable to do military duty:— “ Therefore, Resolved, That…
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
“ Towns, like other corporations, can exercise no powers except such as are expressly granted to them, or such as are necessary to enable them to discharge their duties, and carry into effect the objects and purposes of their creation.” Abendroth v. Greenwich, 29 Conn., 363. “ They act not by any inherent right of legislation, like the legislation of the tate, but their authority is delegated.” Daggett, J., in Willard v. Borough of Killingworth, 8 Conn., 254. Such is *125the law as repeatedly recognized by this court, and it is quite too late to urge for them the possession of any inherent or…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Comstock v. Hadlyme Ecclesiastical SocietySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1830
- Abendroth v. Town of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
- Hitchcock v. Town of LitchfieldConnecticut Superior Court · 1790
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