Taylor v. City of Carondelet
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jippeal from St. Louis Land Court. The incorporated town o£ Carondelet was proprietor of a large tract of land, consisting of several thousand acres, granted to the inhabitants as a common in Spanish times, and confirmed to them by the United States. The general assembly of this state by act of February 6, 1889, (Sess. Acts, p. 210,) empowered the trustees of the town to grant leases of,this land, renewable forever, reserving rents.
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Jippeal from St. Louis Land Court. The incorporated town o£ Carondelet was proprietor of a large tract of land, consisting of several thousand acres, granted to the inhabitants as a common in Spanish times, and confirmed to them by the United States. The general assembly of this state by act of February 6, 1889, (Sess. Acts, p. 210,) empowered the trustees of the town to grant leases of,this land, renewable forever, reserving rents. The board of trustees was by this act clothed with “ all the power and authority necessary to carry into effect the objects of the act, and to do all acts that…
1Opinion of the CourtSoott, Judge
In considering the question presented by this record, we must bear in mind that the respondent, the city of Carondelet, is a public municipal corporation. The power of the general assembly of this state to create such bodies is unquestioned, and the expediency of its exercise is admitted on all hands. The corporations thus established, have, within the sphere of their delegated powers, as absolute control as the general assembly would have, did it retain the delegated powers, and exercise them by its own latvs. The act of the 6th February, 1839, *111empowered the trustees of the town of…
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