M'Cord v. Ochiltree

In 1830, “ the synod of the state of Indiana of the Presbyterian Church, whose standard of faith is the Westminster Confession,” established a Theological Seminary at South-Hanover; and by a compact with the trustees of the academy located there, which possessed corporate powers, made the seminary the theological department of that institution. In 1834, the academy having received collegiate powers by an act of the legislature, the connexion was dissolved, and a similar connexion formed with the college, there being an understanding between the parties that the synods of other states should…