BOARD OF HEALTH.
See Health Department.
Authority of legislature to au- thorize municipality to issue bonds, under Utah Const. art. 14, § 4.
People v. City Council of St.
Louis (Utah), 381.
Authority to fund bonded indebt- edness.
Broadfoot v. City of Fayette- ville (N. Car.), 903.
Effect of submitting two propo- sitions at one election.
Maybin υ. City of Biloxi (Miss.), 343.
Interest where recovery of de- posit made by bidders.
City of Denver et al. v. Hayes et al. (Colo.), 901.
Issue not in accord with author- ity conferred may be strained.
Middleton et al. v. City of St.
Augustine (Fla.), 896. Power of legislature to author- ize issue of electric light bonds. Middleton et al. v. City of St. Augustine et al. (Fla.), 896. Right to defend against applica- tion for writ of mandamus to require city to pay or fund judgment.
Board of Liq. of City of New Orleans v. U. S. (C. C. A.), 626.
CITY COUNCIL.
See Officers. Police.
COAL HOLES.
See Streets and Sidewalks.
COLLATERAL ATTACK. See Ultra Vires.
Assessment on account of street improvement not invalid as delegating to street superin- COMPETITION. tendent powers of city council. Haughawout v. Hubbard
Conclusiveness of its determina- tion as to necessity for im- provements.
Barfield v. Gleason (Ky.), 238. Kimberger v. Bitzer (Ky.), 238. Mayor's right to vote.
Bousquet v. State ex rel. Glea-
son (Miss.), 881.
Mayor to vote only in case of tie, construction of Iowa Code
Griffin v. Messenger (Iowa), 843.
Parol evidence inadmissible to show proceedings of city coun- cil.
Lebanon Light & Mag. Water Cɔ. v. City of Lebanon (Mo.), 662.
Power of city council to regulate height of billboards under Rochester city charter.
City of Rochester v. West (N. Y.), 836.
Power to validate contract for improvements made under void ordinance. Richardson v. Mehler (Ky.), 226.
Service of notice of appeal from action of city council in assess- ing property.
Frost v. Board of Review of City of Oskaloosa (Iowa), 824.
See Improvements.
CONCEALED WEAPONS. See Ordinances.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. See Indebtedness.
Interstate Commerce. Local Assessments. Special Legislation. Statutes.
Streets and Highways. Taxation.
Act 1899, ch. 450, $ 33, providing that the board of street com- missioners, within any time within two years after building a sewer, shal assess property specially benefited is not un- constitutional as an attempt on the part of the legislature to exercise judicial functions. as it was merely an attempt to grant a valid authority where it had formerly given a void
Hall v. Street Commissioners of Boston (Mass.), 170. Authority of legislature to com- pel municipality to assume debt created prior to its incor- poration as a condition prece- dent to its corporate existence. Town of Winneconne v. Vil- lage of Winneconne (Wis.), 908. Constitutionality of curative statutes.
Middleton et al. v. City of St. Augustine et al. (Fla.), 896. Constitutionality of Ky. St., S 2838, throwing whole cost of street construction work abutting property. Barfield v. Gleason (Ky.), 238. Kimberger Bitzer (Ky.), 238. Constitutionality of ordinance providing for annual rental for use of sewer.
Carson v. Sewer Commission-
ers of Brockton (U. S.), 220. Constitutionality of statute not providing for preliminary hearing as to extent of special benefits to abutting property. Barfield v. Gleason (Ky.), 238. Kimberger v. Bitzer (Ky.), 238.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW- Continued.
Front-foot rule for local assess- ments not in violation of constitutional provision
against taking property with- out due process of law. City of Harrisburg v. McPher- ran (Penn.), 818.
Interpretation of constitutional provisions.
People v. City Council of Salt Lake City (Utah), 381. Ohio statute requiring county to fulfil moral obligation in- curred in purchasing site and building armory for use of state national guard not re- troactive.
New York Life Ins. Co. υ. Board of Com'rs of Cuya- hoga County, Ohio, (C. C. A.), 833. Ordinance
ordering railroad
company to change its rails as an impairment of obligations of contract.
Pawcatuck, etc., Ry. Co. v. Town Council of Westerly (R. I.), 369.
Ordinance prescribing six miles an hour as maximum speed for railroad trains a violation of federal constitution as deny- ing equal protection of laws. Erb v. Morasch (U. S.), 366. Ordinance prohibiting a railroad company from tearing up street in reconstructing switch not an impairment of contract obligation.
City of Westport v. Mulholland (Mo.), 800. Ordinance providing for struction of public improve- ments unconstitutional for prescribing length of time which shall constitute a day's work.
Fiske v. People ex rel. Ray- mond (Ill.), 117.
Power of legislature to provide for summary punishment under municipal ordinance. State v. Grimes (Minn.), 859. Revaluation of property for tax- ation by court of appeals not a judicial function.
Mayor, etc., of City of Balti- more v. Bonaparte (Md.), 832.
Statute exempting city and
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW- Continued.
members of council from lia- bility for defective streets unconstitutional.
Mattson v. City of Astoria (Ore.), 591.
Statute providing for improve- ments not unconstitutional for failing to provide for compen- sation for injury to property before it is sustained.
Barfield v. Gleason (Ky.), 238. Kimberger v. Bitzer (Ky.), 238. Validity of city ordinance re- stricting competition by providing that public improve- ments shall be constructed ouly by members of labor unions.
Fiske v. People ex rel. Ray- mond (Ill.), 117.
CONTRACTORS. See Improvements.
CONTRACTS.
See Improvements. Mandamus.
Street Railways. Ultra Vires.
City cannot make valid contract with gas company for longer period than statute provides for.
Gaslight & Coke Co. of New Albany v. City of New Albany (Ind.), 911. Contractual duty to save city harmless from excavations made by contractor in street cannot be gotten rid of by assignment.
City of Grand Rapids v. Van Rossum (Mich.), 510.
Estoppel from setting up plea that city's contract was ultra vires where it was void ab initio. State v. City of Pullman (Wash.), 299.
Harmless error in submission of special question, in action on contract with city, claimed to have been fraudulently pro- cured. Herman
v. City of Oconto (Wis.), 257.
Interest on damages against city for cancelling advanta-
CONTRACTS-Continued.
geous contract for street improvement.
Barfield v. Gleason (Ky.), 788. Barfield v. City of Louisville (Ky.), 788.
Kimberger v. Bitzer (Ky.), 788. Manner of execution of munic- ipal contracts.
Ogden City v. Weaver (C. C. A.), 893.
Exercise of discretion by council in determining necessity of re- paving streets cannot be re- viewed by courts in absence of fraud or manifest invasion of private rights.
Mayor, etc., of City of Balti- more v. Stewart (Md.), 59.
No action for recovery for extra work can be maintained against city upon agreement COUNTIES. not in writing.
Watterson v. Mayor, etc., of
Nashville (Tenn.), 891.
Time for urging objection to COURTS. contract for street improve- ments.
Fiske v. People ex rel. Ray- mond (Ill.), 117.
Where work was done under written contract no recovery can be had on quantum meruit. Ryan 2. City of Dubuque (Iowa), 305.
CONTRIBUTORY NEGLI- GENCE.
See Children.
Imputed Negligence. Personal Injuries.
Instructions covered by other in- structions.
Paducah Ry. & Light Co. v. Ledsinger (Ky.), 758. Presumption of where person is injured while traveling on street which he knows to be defective.
Collins v. City of Janesville (Wis.), 600.
CONVERSATIONS.
See Evidence.
CONVEYANCES.
See Real Estate.
CORPORATE DUTIES.
See Railroads.
CORPORATIONS.
See Franchises.
Municipal Corporations. Street Lighting.
Enforcement of mechanics' liens against public corporation. Pittsburg Testing Laboratory, Limited, v. Milwaukee Elec- tric Ry. & Light Co. et al. (Wis.), 910.
See Officers. CREDITORS' SUITS. See Parties. CROSS-EXAMINATION. See Evidence. CROSSINGS.
See Mandamus. Acceptance of street by city, sufficiency of evidence in ac- tion for personal injuries caused by defective crossing. Nellums v. Mayor, etc., of City of Nashville (Tenn.), 585.
CURBING.
See Local Assessments.
Amount of recovery for personal injuries caused by defective sidewalk not limited to amount claimed in notice of injury. Teryll v. City of Faribault (Minn.), 774.
Change of street grade.
Underwood v. City of Wor- cester (Mass.), 783.
City should be credited with money paid under release of claim for personal damages extorted while plaintiff was under influence of narcotics, to extent of sums paid for medi- cal services.
Town of Colorado City v. Liafe (Colo.), 620. Damages against city on claim for cancelling advantageous contract for city improvement. Barfield v. Gleason (Ky.), 788. Barfield v. City of Louisville (Ky.), 788.
Kimberger v. Bitzer (Ky.), 788.
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