Board of Trustees for Vincennes University v. State of Indiana
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the- Supreme Court of the State of Indiana, by a writ of error, issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act. The manner in which the case arose, and the laws relating to it, are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This case is before us on a- writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of' Indiana, under the 25th section of the Judiciary .Act of 1789.
The bill was filed- under an act of the legislature of. Indiana, of 1846, which authorized the trustees of the Vincennes University to file a bill in.chancery, in the nature of an act of disseisin against the State, to try their right to the seminary township in .Gibson county. The facts stated in the bill are substantially as follows:
The Indiana Territory was organized by the act of Congress of the 7th of May, 1800, with the powers to legislate given…
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