Regents of University of Nebraska v. McConnell
Nebraska Supreme Court
This action was brought in the district court, in Lancaster county, by the “ Regents of the University of Nebraska,” against John L. McConnell, to recover of him the sum of about $3,400, moneys belonging to the “Regents’ Fund,” which came into the hands of the defendant as treasurer of the University, under his appointment by the Regency; and which the defendant refused to turn over to the state treasurer, as required by the act of 1875, [Laws of 1875, p. 154,] abolishing…
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This action was brought in the district court, in Lancaster county, by the “ Regents of the University of Nebraska,” against John L. McConnell, to recover of him the sum of about $3,400, moneys belonging to the “Regents’ Fund,” which came into the hands of the defendant as treasurer of the University, under his appointment by the Regency; and which the defendant refused to turn over to the state treasurer, as required by the act of 1875, [Laws of 1875, p. 154,] abolishing the office of treasurer of the University, and requiring the fund to be turned over within sixty days. The defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
The act of Congress, approved April 19, 1864, to enable the people of Nebraska to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, granted to the state seventy-two sections of the unappropriated public lands, to be selected and located under the direction of the legislature, for the use and support of a state university and for no other purpose. The constitution adopted in pursuance of this act provides that “ the principal of all funds arising from the sale or other disposition of lands or other property, granted or intrusted to the state for…
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