Legal Opinion
City of Evansville v. Summers
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided November 6, 1886No. 13,386PublishedCited by 31 opinions
From the Vanderburgh Superior Court.
1Opinion of the CourtZollars, J.
The city of Evansville has never adopted the general law for the incorporation of cities, but has a special charter, granted in 1847.
In the fourth clause of the schedule, which is annexed to, and forms a part of, the Constitution of 1851, it is provided that “All acts of incorporation for municipal purposes shall continue in force under this Constitution until such time as the General Assembly shall, in its discretion, modify or repeal the same.”
That the special charter, thus granted and. retained, may be amended by special or general acts, is not here questioned, and is well settled.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- City of Valparaiso v. GardnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Stout v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Water Works Co. v. BurkhartIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
- Storms v. StevensIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Middleton v. GreesonIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. EdgertonIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Board of Commissioners v. GwinIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
- State ex rel. City of Terre Haute v. KolsemIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
- State ex rel. Devening v. BartholomewIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
- Massey v. DunlapIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
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