Legal Opinion · Dissent
Utah Power & Light Co. v. Provo City
Utah Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1937No. 5875Published
1Dissent
The principles and problems involved are limited. Such facts only as appear pertinent and necessary to a discussion of the issues will appear as the discussion proceeds.
A city is a municipal corporation, a creature of the state created by the Legislature. McClintock v. City of Phoenix,24 Ariz. 155, 207 P. 611; City of Worcester v. Worcester Consol.Street Ry. Co., 196 U.S. 539, 25 S.Ct. 327, 49 L.Ed. 591. A city, being a creature of the state, its present existence as well as its continued existence is dependent upon the sovereign will expressed through the legislative enactment creating it…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Zottman v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1862
- Hurst v. City of BurlingameCalifornia Supreme Court · 1929
- City of Worcester v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Head & Amory v. Providence Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1804
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