Montpelier Academy Trustees v. George
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF ST. HELENA, JUDGE MORGAN, OF THE THIRD, PRESIDING.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF ST. HELENA, JUDGE MORGAN, OF THE THIRD, PRESIDING. This is an action instituted by the board of trustees of the Montpelier Academy, who were appointed by the original act, creating and incorporating said academy, and constituting- them a body politic, praying for a writ of quo warranto to issue against the defendants, who, they allege, have usurped the authority of trustees under an act of the legislá-ture, which they allege to be unconstitutional; and requir-sajc| defendants to show by what authority they…
1Opinion of the Court · CarletonCarleton, J.
The petitioners aver, that they are the trustees of the Montpelier Academy, in virtue of an act of the state legislature, in the year 1833, by which that institution was created and established in the parish of St. Helena ; that they have been for some time in the due exercise of the duties of their office as such, and possessed considerable property appertain*403ing to the academy, viz : one house and lot, in Montpelier, known as the Montpelier Academy, and one other house, known as the steward’s house, of the value, altogether, of three thousand five hundred dollars ; that they are,…
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