From John Forrest Dillon: Treatise on the law of municipal corporations

This is the guy responsible for determining that local governments are fully under the jurisdiction of state governments. 

- Click here for the book.  

For more: 

- John Forrest Dillon.

- Municipality.

- Municipal Corporation. 

- THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION: ARTICLE 11. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

- Are Local Governments Mere Creatures of the States?