Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Superior Court of the State of ’ N ew- Hampshire. This was an action of trover brought in the State Court, in which the plaintiffs in error declared for two books of records, purporting to contain the records of all the doings and proceedings of the trustees of Dartmouth College, from the establishment of the corporation until - the 7th day of October, 1816; the original charter, of letters patent, constituting the college; the common seal; and four volumes or .…
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Error to the Superior Court of the State of ’ N ew- Hampshire. This was an action of trover brought in the State Court, in which the plaintiffs in error declared for two books of records, purporting to contain the records of all the doings and proceedings of the trustees of Dartmouth College, from the establishment of the corporation until - the 7th day of October, 1816; the original charter, of letters patent, constituting the college; the common seal; and four volumes or . books of account, purporting to contain the charges and accounts in favour of the college. The defendant pleaded the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Marshall.
This is an action of trover, brought by the Trustees of Dartmouth College against William H. Woodward, in the State Court of New Hampshire, for the book of records, corporate seal, and other corporate property, to which the plaintiffs allege themselves to be entitled.
A special verdict, after setting out the rights of the parties, finds for the defendant, if certain acts of the legislature of New-Hampshire, passed on the 27th of June, andón the 18th of December, 1816, be valid, and binding on the trustees without their assent,…
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