Miller v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe County Court for Milwaukee County. Section 1 of chapter 1 of the charter of the city of Milwaukee, Laws of 1852, chapter 56, provides that the corporation shall have the general powers possessed by municipal corporations at the common law.
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APPEAL from tbe County Court for Milwaukee County. Section 1 of chapter 1 of the charter of the city of Milwaukee, Laws of 1852, chapter 56, provides that the corporation shall have the general powers possessed by municipal corporations at the common law. Section 16 of chapter 117 of the Private and Local Laws of 1858, approved March 27th of that year, provides that the street commissioners of said city shall inquire into and determine the necessity of any work to be done by the city, and on their recommendation the common council may authorize the comptroller to advertise for proposals and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Dixon, O. «J.
The general powers possessed by municipal corporations at common law, are words of very general import, and án attempt’to point out all the acts which they might be held to authorize would be a work of considerable labor. The defendant’s act of incorporation declares that it shall have “ the general powers possessed by municipal corporations at common law,” and in addition thereto the powers thereinafter specifically granted. Chapter 56, Laws of 1852, section 1. The specific grants of power are very numerous and full, embracing nearly all the usual subjects of…
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