Davenport v. Kleinschmidt
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis cund Clarice County. I. The charter of the city of Helena gives to the city council power: a. To make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants.” Page 8, sec. 7. b. “ To provide the city with water, erect hydrants and pumps, build cisterns and dig wells in the streets for the supply of engines and buckets.” Page 8, sec. 8. e. “ To provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.” Page 9, sec. 18. d.
Read the full summary
Appeal from District Court, Lewis cund Clarice County. I. The charter of the city of Helena gives to the city council power: a. To make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants.” Page 8, sec. 7. b. “ To provide the city with water, erect hydrants and pumps, build cisterns and dig wells in the streets for the supply of engines and buckets.” Page 8, sec. 8. e. “ To provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.” Page 9, sec. 18. d. “ To establish and open- drains, canals and sewers.” Page 26, sec. 9. e. “ To make all ordinances which shall be necessary and proper for…
1Opinion of the CourtMoLeart, J.
This was a suit in the district court of Lewis and Clarke county, brought by “William Davenport, "William C. Child, Thomas C. Power and Kobert S. Hale, against Theodore H. Kleinschmidt, as mayor, and John Watson and others, as aldermen of the city of Helena, and George-F. "Woolston, for a perpetual injunction against the defendants, restraining them from in any manner carrying out a certain contract, alleged to be illegal, by laying any mains or water-pipes, or erecting any hydrants in the city of Helena, or by issuing any warrants for any water supplied to said city under the said contract.…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Mayor of Baltimore v. GillCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
- Law v. People ex rel. HuckIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Grant v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- City of Valparaiso v. GardnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- The Binghamton BridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
25 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by42 opinions
- Carlson v. City of HelenaMontana Supreme Court · 1909
- State ex rel. Quintin v. EdwardsMontana Supreme Court · 1910
- City of Vincennes v. Citizens' Gas Light Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1892
- State ex rel. City of Billings v. Billings Gas Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1918
- Stevens v. St. Mary's Training SchoolIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
37 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.