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Manning v. City of Devils Lake

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided January 20, 1904PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Ramsey county; Cowan, J. Action by Mabel Manning against city of Devils Lake and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. A municipality may establish and maintain public improvements outside of its territorial limits, where necessity requires them for city purposes.

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Appeal from District Court, Ramsey county; Cowan, J. Action by Mabel Manning against city of Devils Lake and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. A municipality may establish and maintain public improvements outside of its territorial limits, where necessity requires them for city purposes. People v. Kelly, 76 N. Y. 475; Callam v. City of Saginaw (Mich.), 14 N. W. 677; Lester v. City of Jackson, 69 Miss. 887; Chambers v. City of St. Louis, 29 Mo. 543; Newman v. Ashe1, 68 Tenn. 380; iTackett v. City of Ottawa, 99 U. S. 86, 25 L. Ed..363. A municipal corporation 'has no power…

1Opinion of the CourtYoung, C. J.

The defendants appeal from an order of the district court of Ramsey county continuing a temporary injunction, made upon an order to show cause. The action in aid of which the restraining order was issued is brought for the purpose of permanently enjoining the defendants from issuing and negotiating certain bonds which it proposes to issue for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a certain road or bridge across an arm .of Devils Lake. The plaintiff alleges in her complaint that she is a resident, property owner and taxpayer in the city of Devils Lake; that said city is a municipal…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Loan Assn. v. TopekaSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  3. Sharpless v. Mayor of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
  4. Clark v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
  5. The People Ex Rel. Murphy v. . KellyNew York Court of Appeals · 1879

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Briggs v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
  2. City of Tucson v. Tucson Sunshine Climate ClubArizona Supreme Court · 1945
  3. In Re FinkenzellerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1929
  4. State ex rel. McLeod v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Patterson v. City of BismarckNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1973

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