Bryan v. Board of Ed. of Ky. Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OE APPEALS OE THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The plaintiffs in error, suing on behalf, of themselves and other shareholders of the Board of Education of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, .South, and of the Millershurg Male and Female Collegiate Institute, brought this suit in equity in the Circuit Court of Bourbon County, Kentucky, against the Board of Education of th¿ Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church,…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE APPEALS OE THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The plaintiffs in error, suing on behalf, of themselves and other shareholders of the Board of Education of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, .South, and of the Millershurg Male and Female Collegiate Institute, brought this suit in equity in the Circuit Court of Bourbon County, Kentucky, against the Board of Education of th¿ Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and others, to obtain a decree perpetually restraining the defendants, from selling or disposing of certain lands…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
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The plaintiffs contend that, notwithstanding the act of 1858 reserved the right to amend or repeal the charter of the Mil-lersburg Male and Female Collegiate Institute, the 11th section of the act of 1860 repealing the act of 1858, incorporating the Millersburg Male and Female Collegiate Institute, was repugnant to that provision of the constitution of Kentucky, then in force, declaring that “ no law enacted by the General Assembly shall relate to more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.” Art. II., § 37. This contention was sustained by the Court of Appeals of…
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