City of Pueblo v. Flanders
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
This action was brought to enjoin the officers of the city of Pueblo from furnishing fire protection to property located outside the city limits, and the trial court granted a writ of injunction declaring that: “The maintenance and operation of a fire department by a municipality is exercising a governmental function and therefore has no extraterritorial powers; that the primary purpose of a municipal corporation is to contribute toward the welfare, health, happiness and public interest of the inhabitants of such corporation, not to further the interests of those residing outside its limits;…
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Matter Appl'n Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Raynor v. City of ArcataCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
- Holmes v. City of FayettevilleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1929
- City of Coldwater v. TuckerMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Light v. City of DanvilleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
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