New Orleans Water Works Co. v. New Orleans

Citations

• 164 U.S. 471
• 17 S. Ct. 161
• 41 L. Ed. 518
• 1896 U.S. LEXIS 1884

Syllabus

<p>In the absence of parties interested, and without their having an opportunity to be heard, a court is without jurisdiction to make an adjudication affecting them.</p> <p>A court of equity cannot properly interfere with, or in advance restrain the discretion of a municipal body while it is in the exercise of powers that are legislative in their character.</p> <p>Legislatures may delegate to municipal assemblies the power of enacting ordinances relating to local matters, and such ordinances, when legally enacted, have the force of legislative acts.</p>