Hatch v. Maple Valley Township’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coit v. City of Grand Rapids · Peacock v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co. · McCurdy v. County of Shiawassee · East Jordan Lumber Co. v. Village of East Jordan · Elliott v. Secretary of State
Most-quoted passages
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“In McCurdy ..., plaintiff sought to recover against Shiawassee county on certain promissory notes given by the treasurer of the county pursuant to a resolution to borrow the money, passed by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors had no power to borrow money for current expenses. Lacking such powers, the action of the board was held to be ultra vires. It was not an attempt to act within its powers, merely carried out in an unlawful manner. The power to act was lacking in the first place.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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