A Treatise On The Law Of Municipal Ordinances

Author : Eugene McQuillin
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230029092
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Municipal Ordinances written by Eugene McQuillin and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...of California. In re Stratman, 39 Cal., 517; People v. Nyland, 41 Cal., 129; People v. Henshaw, 76 Cal., 436; 18 Pac. Rep., 413. Superior Court of San Francisco held to be an inferior court. Hickman v. O'Neal, 10 Cal., 292. Of inferior police courts by classitication of cities. People ea: rel v. Henshaw, 76 Cal., 436; 18 Pac. Rep., 413. Inferior courts of chancery. Houston v. Royston, 7 How. (Miss.), 543.-'-Boyd v. Chambers, 78 Ky., 140; abolished by the legislature. And a local court established for the convenience of the local community cannot be abolished by the corporation through its council.' A franchise to hold a municipal court cannot be lost by non-user, however long continned. 300. Jurisdiction of local courts. Jurisdiction of municipal corporation, policc and other inferior courts, established for thc enforcement of local police regulations, depends upon the constitution and laws of the state, and the particular charter or legislative act creating them. In the absence of constitutional restriction the legislature may define the jurisdiction of such courts.1 Ordinarily their jurisdiction is limited to prosecutions for the violation of municipal ordinances and local police regulations. Local courts are limited to the jurisdiction exprcssly confcrrcd with such other incidental authority as may bc ncccssary to give proper cifect to the powers confcrred. As a rule, such local courts have no powcr to punish for contcinpt_: '3 but it has been hcld whcrc a Santa. Barbara. v. Stearns, 51 Cal., 499; St. Louis v. Pahl, 114 Mo., 32; 21 S. W. Rep.. 448; State v. Charleston, 12 Rich. Law (S. C.), 480. The jurisdiction of the mayor over violation of an ordinance will not be...