State ex rel. College of Bishops of M. E. Church v. Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from Chancery Court, Davidson County.— Johh Allison, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tuenee
The hill in this case was filed by the State, on the relation of the College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and three gentlemen, who' had been elected by the General Conference of the Church to fill vacancies in the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University, against the University, as a corporation, and its Board of Trust, and three other gentlemen who had been elected by the Board of Trust to fill the aforesaid vacancies in that board, and seeks *290to enjoin the hoard from admitting its own appointees, and to compel it to seat those elected by the General Conference.
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