 | Law - 1883 - 552 pages
...no special benefit or advantage in its corporate capacity, but which it is bound to see per formed in pursuance of a duty imposed by law for the general welfare of the inhabitants or of the community." And the court explains its former decision In- the case of Little v. Madison, 42 Wis. 043, relied upon... | |
 | Law - 1883 - 548 pages
...no special benefit or advantage in its corporate capacity, but which it is bound to see per formed in pursuance of a duty imposed by law for the general welfare of the inhabitants or of the community." And the court explains its former decision in the case of Little v. Madison, 42 Wis. (ИЗ, relied... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 866 pages
...last named, are that the corporation is engaged in the performance of a public service, in which it has no particular interest, and from which it derives...general welfare of the inhabitants, or of the community; that the members of the fire department, although appointed by the city corporation, are not, when... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 882 pages
...of skill it can be held liable. It has appointed or elected him, in pursuance of a duty laid upon it by law, for the general welfare of the inhabitants or of the community. Hajford v. New Bedford, 16 Gray, 297. He is the person selected by it as the authority empowered by... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 772 pages
...the corporation, as such, " has no particular interest, and from which it derives no special bsnetit or advantage in its corporate capacity, but which...general welfare of the inhabitants or of the community." It was held in Hayes v. Oshkosh, 33 Wis., 314, that a municipal corporation is not liable for injuries... | |
 | George Washington Field - Ultra vires - 1881 - 620 pages
...appoints an officer, in obedience to an act of the legislature, to perform a public service, in which it has no particular interest, and from which it derives...of a duty imposed by law for the general welfare of tho inhabitants of the community, such officer cannot be regarded as a servant or agent for whose negligence... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 896 pages
...it derives no special benefit or advantage in its corporate capacity, but which it is bound to sec performed in pursuance of a duty imposed by law for...general welfare of the inhabitants or of the community. " It was held in Hayes v. Oshkosh, 33 Wis. 314 ; SC, 14 Am. Rep. 760, that a municipal corporation... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 686 pages
...or advantage in its corporate capacity, but which it is bound to sec Faulkner r. The City of Aurora. performed in pursuance of a duty imposed by law for...general welfare of the inhabitants or of the community.' " And the court explains its former decision in the case of Little v. City of Madison, 42 Wis. 643... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1174 pages
...performance of a public service, In which it has no particular interest, and from which it derivos no special benefit or advantage in its corporate capacity;...general welfare of the inhabitants or of the community. * * * They' [the members of the fire department] act rather as public officers or officers of the city... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1132 pages
...highways being statutory officers, appointed by the town, "to perform a public service in which the town has no particular Interest, and from which It...the community, such officer cannot be regarded as an agent for whose acts or contracts the town can be held liable." Hafford v. New Bedford, 16 Gray,... | |
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The grounds of exemption from liability, as stated in the authorities last named, are that the corporation is engaged in the performance of a public service, in which it has no particular interest, and from which it derives no special benefit or advantage... 
