186 W. Va. 131 - McCallister v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “" ‘A municipal corporation has only the powers granted to it by the legislature, and any such power it possesses must be expressly granted or necessarily or fairly implied or essential and indispensable. If any reasonable doubt exists as to whether a municipal corporation has a power, the power must be denied.’ Syllabus Point 2, State ex rel. [City of] Charleston v. Hutchinson, 154 W.Va. 585 , 176 S.E.2d 691 (1970)." Syllabus Point 1, City of Fair-mont v. Investors Syndicate of America [, Inc.], 172 W.Va. 431 , 307 S.E.2d 467 (1983).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re the City of Beckley to Annex ex rel. West Virginia Route 3 Right-of-Way Beginning at the Present Corporate Limits