Legal Opinion
Toebe v. City of Munising
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1937No. Docket No. 57, Calendar No. 39,422PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I do not join in the views of Mr. Justice BUSHNELL.
Municipal charters, together with all laws and ordinances relating to municipal concerns, are subject to the provisions of the Constitution and the general laws of the State. Const. of 1908, art. 8, § 21.
The Constitution, in section 23 of the mentioned article, empowers cities to acquire, own and operate, "public utilities for supplying water, light, heat, power and transportation to the municipality and the inhabitants thereof." If supplying fuel falls within the term "heat" then it must be classed as a public utility and regulated by law on…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jones v. City of PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Laughlin v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1914
- Opinions of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Baker v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
- Commonwealth v. GalliganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
3Cited by11 opinions
- City of Hazel Park v. Municipal Finance CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1947
- City of Lansing v. Edward Rose Realty, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1993
- Home Owners' Loan Corp. v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1940
- Callahan v. City of BerkleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
- Inch Memorials v. City of PontiacMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
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