Legal Opinion
Bennett v. City of Hope
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 21, 1942No. 4-6719PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, J..Appellant, by appropriate action, questions the validity of § 3 of ordinance No. 554 which was duly enacted by the council of the city of Hope, Arkansas. This section reads as follows: “It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct or have constructed any building to be used or occupied by any. person without having such building connected with the sanitary sewer system of the city of Hope, Arkansas.”
Municipal corporations derive their legislative powers from the general laws of the state. Article 12, § 4, Constitution of Arkansas. In the City of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Malone v. City of QuincySupreme Court of Florida · 1913
- Bain v. Fort Smith Light & Traction Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Willis v. City of Fort SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
- City of Argenta v. KeathSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- Morrilton Waterworks Improvement District v. EarlSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1903
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3Cited by20 opinions
- City of Little Rock v. RainesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967
- Pfeifer v. City of Little RockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
- Fiser v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1953
- City of Stuttgart v. StraitSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
- Portis v. Board of Public Utilities, LepantoSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1948
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