Hart v. Eastman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF HENNEPIN COUNTY. I. — The Regents bad power to make a negotiable promissory note. 2d vol. Kent’s Com., ¶. 278, note a; Attorney General vs. Life ds Fire Ins. Go., 9 Paige Oh., 470/ Moss vs. OaMey, 2 Hill, 265; Kelly vs. The Mayor, c&c., of Brooldyn, 4 Hill, 263; Bourlter vs. Mechanic Fire Ins. Go. of K. 7., 3 Wend., 94; Angelí ds Ames oh Oor., secs. 257-58; Barry vs. Merchants’ Fxchmige Go., 1 Bandf. Oh., 280; Mutual Ins.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF HENNEPIN COUNTY. I. — The Regents bad power to make a negotiable promissory note. 2d vol. Kent’s Com., ¶. 278, note a; Attorney General vs. Life ds Fire Ins. Go., 9 Paige Oh., 470/ Moss vs. OaMey, 2 Hill, 265; Kelly vs. The Mayor, c&c., of Brooldyn, 4 Hill, 263; Bourlter vs. Mechanic Fire Ins. Go. of K. 7., 3 Wend., 94; Angelí ds Ames oh Oor., secs. 257-58; Barry vs. Merchants’ Fxchmige Go., 1 Bandf. Oh., 280; Mutual Ins. Go. vs. Davis, 2 Kernan, 569. II. — The evidence admitted as against Eastman & Gribson shows conclusively that the Board of Regents…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
FlaNdbau, J.
The character of the notes sued upon in this action, was decided in the appeal taken by the [Regents of the University, from the order denying them a new trial. They are, by reason of the provisions contained in the charter of the University, not negotiable notes in a commercial sense. They are, by necessity, drawn upon a certain fund which is provided by the Legislature to the Regents, and to which fund their expenditures are strictly confined. Regents of University vs. Hart & Munson, ante p. —
The notes were dated on the 24th day of February, 1859, payable to the…
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