President of Yale College v. Sanger
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
This was a suit by the president, etc., of Talé College, against the state treasurer of the state of Connecticut, to prevent a threatened diversion from complainant of the income of the "Agricultural College Fund,” created by act of congress. Defendant demurred to the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.
The matter in dispute between the parties arises under the laws of the United States. The complainant states in its bill in equity the following case:(1) In 1863 the state of Connecticut received from the United States government, under the act of congress of July 2. 1862, land scrip subsequently sold for §135,000, “for the uses and purposes prescribed in said act.” The prescribed “uses and purposes” was the investment of the money as “a perpetual fund,” of which the interest was to be inviolably appropriated to the “endowment, maintenance, and support” of some college…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Davis v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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