City of Lafayette v. Timberlake
Indiana Supreme Court
■ From the Superior Court of Tippecanoe County.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
— The principle which rules this case is the same as that declared in Faulkner v. City of Aurora, 85 Ind. 130, and, if that case is correctly decided, this appeal must be .■sustained. The case referred to has been vigorously assailed, but unsuccessfully, for reflection has strengthened our confi■dence in the correctness of the conclusion there reached.
The adjudged cases concur with great unanimity in holding that for a failure to exercise governmental powers municipal corporations are not liable. They are not liable for a ■failure to provide appliances for extinguishing fires, nor for n…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hill v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Mills v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Brinkmeyer v. City of EvansvilleIndiana Supreme Court · 1867
- Hill v. . Board of Aldermen of CharlotteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1875
- City of Logansport v. WrightIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
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- Brinkman v. City of IndianapolisIndiana Court of Appeals · 1967
- Jones v. City of WilliamsburgSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Summers v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Fitch v. Seymour Water Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1894
- Marth v. City of KingfisherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
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