...corporate existence. They are local subdivisions of the state, created by the sovereign power of the state, of its own sovereign will, without the particular...organization is asked for, or, at least, assented to by the people it embraces; the latter (counties) is superimposed by a sovereign and permanent authority. See...

...to aid in the administration of the government. It is created by the sovereign power of the state, of its own sovereign will, without the particular...consent, or concurrent action of the people who inhabit it, and it is merely the agent of the commonwealth. Answer. We will affirm that point; but we sny to...

...Counties. — The creation of counties is an act of the sovereign power of the State, and is not based on the particular solicitation, consent, or concurrent action of the people who inhabit them.1 As a general rule, the power of the legislature, in the division of the State into counties,...

...corporate existence. They are local subdivisions of the State, created by the sovereign power of the State, of its own sovereign will, without the particular...organization is asked for, or at least assented to, by the people it embraces; the latter organization (counties) is superimposed by a sovereign and paramount...

...of the State, created by the sovereign power of the State, of its own sovereign will, without thé particular solicitation, consent, or concurrent action...organization is asked for, or at least assented to, by the people it embraces; the latter organization (counties) is superimposed by a sovereign aud> paramount...

...political purposes; a local subdivision of a State, created by the sovereign power of this State of its own will, without the particular solicitation, consent or concurrent action of the people who inhabit it; a local organization, which, for the purpose of civil administration, is vested with a few functions...

...compose them. Counties are legal subdivisions of a state, created by the sovereign power of a state, of its own sovereign will, without the particular...action of the people who inhabit them. The former organization is asked for, or at least assented to, by the people it embraces. The latter is superimposed...

...119, 120: "Counties are local subdivisions of a state created by the sovereign power of the state, of its own sovereign will, without the particular...consent, or concurrent action of the people who inhabit it; .... a county organization is created almost exclusively with a view to the policy of the state...

...119, 120: "Counties are local subdivisions of a state created by the sovereign power of the state, of its own sovereign will, without the particular...solicitation, consent, or concurrent action of the people who inhabib it; .... a county organization is created almost exclusively with a view to the policy of the...

...corporate existence. They are local subdivisions of the state, created by the sovereign power of the state, of its own sovereign will, without the particular solicitation, consent, or concurrent action Frederick vs. Douglas County and others. of the people who inhabit them. . . . They are purely auxiliaries...