Dunn v. University of Oregon
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Lane. This suit was brought by respondents in the circuit court for Lane county, to set aside a conveyance of real property situated in said county, from the Union University Association to the said board of directors of the University of Oregon, executed on or about Dee. 31, 1873, upon the ground of fraud, and to subject such property to the payment of certain judgments, which had been recovered in said court by respondents against said association.
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Appeal from Lane. This suit was brought by respondents in the circuit court for Lane county, to set aside a conveyance of real property situated in said county, from the Union University Association to the said board of directors of the University of Oregon, executed on or about Dee. 31, 1873, upon the ground of fraud, and to subject such property to the payment of certain judgments, which had been recovered in said court by respondents against said association. The complaint alleges the due incorporation of the Union University Association as a private corporation under the laws of Oregon,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Watson, J.:
That the state university itself was incorporated under the *360provisions of the act of October 19, 1872, entitled “An act to create, organize and locate the University of the State of Oregon,” is not claimed; but that the “ board of directors ” created by that act was an incorporated body, can hardly be denied. Section 2,declares: “The general government and superintendence of the university shall vest in a board of directors, to be denominated the board of directors of the University of Oregon,” to consist of nine members, all of whom shall be citizens and permanent…
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