Love v. Yazzo City
Citations
- 91 Miss. 535
- 44 So. 835
Syllabus
<p>1. Municipal Corporations. Special charters. Amendment. Statutory authority.</p> <p>By a proceeding under Code 1892, § 3039, as amended by law 1900, p. 79, ch. 69 (Code 1906, § 3444), a city having a special legislative charter may adopt an amendment thereto, providing for its owning and operating an electric street railway and issuing bonds therefor.</p> <p>2. Same. Legislative authority.</p> <p>The Legislature has authority to confer on municipalities the power to own and operate an electric railway although that business be inconsistent with the customary functions of a municipality.</p> <p>3. Same. Indebtedness. Limitations. Statutes. Applicability.</p> <p>A city operating under a special charter is not affected by Code 1892, § 3014, limiting the amount of bonds a city may issue; the section being applicable only to municipalities which operate under the Code chapter on “ Municipalities.”</p>
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- \The mere fact that a majority of the directors were common to both companies does not in itself prove a conspiracy.\
- “The mere fact that a majority of the directors were common to both companies does not in itself prove a conspiracy.”
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