Legal Opinion
Head v. The University
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 23, 1874PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
86 U.S. 526
22 L.Ed. 160
19 Wall. 526
HEAD
v.
THE UNIVERSITY.
October Term, 1873
ERROR to the Supreme Court of Missouri.
Head, late professor of mathematics and also librarian in the University of Missouri, brought suit against the said university to recover salary, alleged by him to be due to him. The case was thus:
In 1820 the United States made a grant of land for the purpose of enabling the State of Missouri to establish and support an institution of learning. The title to the grant was vested in the legislature of the State to be by it applied solely to the use of a seminary of learning. The…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Head v. The UniversitySupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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