Tate v. North Pacific College
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Ramsey. This is a suit in equity by George S. Tate against the North Pacific College, a corporation, for a decree requiring the defendant to issue to the plaintiff a diploma, and to confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine. The court below rendered a decree in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appeals. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ramsey
The defendant is a corporation, organized and existing under the laws of this state, and engaged in conducting a college for the education and training of *162students in the science of dentistry. It had power to make rules and regulations for the government of its students, in the manner and methods of study, and to adopt rules, fixing the conditions upon which it would grant to its students diplomas and degrees. The defendant, prior to the time that the plaintiff became a student in its college, adopted and published the following rule, fixing the conditions upon which it would graduate its…
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