Splawn v. Woodard

Appellees, plaintiffs below, are students or prospective students of the University of Texas, who have made reservation for lodging in B Hall for the 1926-1927 long session. Appellants, defendants below, are the members of the board of regents and president of the University and a contractor whom the University authorities have engaged to make repairs upon the building in question.

The contentions upon which appellees assert their right to the injunction are: (1) That the gift to the University of the fund from which B Hall was in the main originally constructed created a trust, or, in any…