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BILLS OF EXCEPTIONS.

See Appeal.

BOARD OF HEALTH.

See Health Department.

BONDS.

See Taxation.

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.

re-

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.

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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

(Cal.), 128.

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

1873.531.

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.

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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

one.

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.

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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.

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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.

con-

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.

Parks.

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.

COUNCIL.

See Officers.

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.

COUNSEL.

See Trials.

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.

See Elections.

Taxation.

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.

DAMAGES.

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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