Crippen v. President of the Ohio University
Ohio Supreme Court
This is a Bill in Chancery from the county of Athens, The bill was filed on the third of May, 1842, setting forth— That the complainants are owners of lots in the town of Athens, and, as such, entitled to use and enjoy, for the purposes of pasture, firewood, etc., that portion of land, amounting to about two hundred acres, designated on the original plat of said town as “ commons.”
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This is a Bill in Chancery from the county of Athens, The bill was filed on the third of May, 1842, setting forth— That the complainants are owners of lots in the town of Athens, and, as such, entitled to use and enjoy, for the purposes of pasture, firewood, etc., that portion of land, amounting to about two hundred acres, designated on the original plat of said town as “ commons.” That the law authorizing the town of Athens to be laid out required a portion of land to be designated as commons, and to be recorded as such. That the tract so designated has been, ever since the first sales, used…
1Opinion of the Court
Birchard, Judge.
The papers in this case are voluminous, and contain much matter that may be passed over in stating the principle upon which the decision of the case must turn. The main facts are these : Townships 8 and 9, in the 14th range, were appropriated by *109Congress and set apart for the purpose of endowing an University. In 1799, the territorial Legislature, by a resolution, requested Rufus Putnam and others to lay off in one of the townships a town plat, to contain a square for the colleges, lots suitable for house lots, and gardens for a President, Professors, Tutors, etc., bordering…
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