American Asylum at Hartford v. President of the Phoenix Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery, stating, That the General Assembly of this state, at their session in May, 1816, passed an act, constituting John Caldwell and others a body politic and corporate, by the name of “The Connecticut Asylum for the education and instruction of the Deaf and Dumb," which in May, 1819, upon the application of the corporation, was altered to “The American Asylum at Hartford for the education and instruction of the Deaf and Dumb;" that this institution…
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This was a bill in chancery, stating, That the General Assembly of this state, at their session in May, 1816, passed an act, constituting John Caldwell and others a body politic and corporate, by the name of “The Connecticut Asylum for the education and instruction of the Deaf and Dumb," which in May, 1819, upon the application of the corporation, was altered to “The American Asylum at Hartford for the education and instruction of the Deaf and Dumb;" that this institution was located and established at Hartford, with the right of purchasing, receiving and holding estate, real and personal,…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
In May, 1816, the General Assembly of this state incorporated John Caldwell and others, by the name of The Connecticut Asylum for the education of deaf and dumb persons, with the right of purchasing, receiving and holding estate, real and personal, the annual income of which should not exceed 5000 dollars. The funds of this incorporated company were created, by donations, from individuals, from religious societies, from the state of Connecticut, and from the United States. It is averred, in the plaintiffs’ bill, and the fact is admitted, that the Asylum, the name of which has…
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