Legal Opinion
Davis v. Indiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1877No. 250PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Ebbob to tbe Supreme Court of tbe State of Indiana. Tbe case is stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Milleb
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
The Congress of the United States, in the act admitting Indiana as a State, declared that every sixteenth section of a township, according to the legal subdivisions of the public lands lying within that State, should be appropriated for the use of schools within the township.
An act of the legislature of the State, prior to 1854, directed that the money derived from these sixteenth sections should be mingled with school moneys, derived from taxation and various other sources, into a common fund, and should be apportioned among the counties of the State,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. Springfield TownshipIndiana Supreme Court · 1854
- Quick v. Springfield TownshipIndiana Supreme Court · 1856
- Springfield Township, of Franklin County, in Error v. John H. Quick, Auditor, and William Robeson, Treasurer, of Franklin CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1860
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Board of Commissioners v. State ex rel. BaldwinIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- City of Corinth v. Robertson ex rel. Alcorn County Chickasaw School FundMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
- Simpson v. Pontotoc Common County Line School Dist. No. 31Court of Appeals of Texas · 1925