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STOUTENBURGH v. HENNICK

No. 722.

129 U.S. 141 (1889)

9 S.Ct. 256

32 L.Ed. 637

STOUTENBURGH, v. HENNICK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry E. Davis for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Francis M. Darby, Mr. Skipwith Wilmer, Mr. John Henry Keene, Jr., Mr. Archibald Stirling, Mr. Henry Wise Garnett, and Mr. Guion Miller for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court:

It is a cardinal principle of our system of government, that local affairs shall be managed by local authorities, and general affairs by the central authority, and hence, while the rule is also fundamental that the power to make laws cannot be delegated, the creation of municipalities exercising local selfgovernment has never been held to trench upon that rule. Such legislation is...

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