McMahon v. City of Chicago

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• acknowledging that municipalities are limited to only those powers that are given to them by constitution and statute
• acknowledging that municipalities are limited to only those powers that are given to them by constitution and statute
• “A municipality’s power to contract is limited by statute and the city cannot be bound unless statutory requirements are followed”
• “A prospective contractor who deals with a municipal corporation is presumed to know the limitations of the power of the city officials to enter into contracts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).