McIntyre v. Trustees of Union College
New York Court of Chancery
The bill in this cause was- filed by the complainants against the corporation of Union College, and against Eliphalet Nott, who is president of the faculty of the college and-also- a member of the board of trustees, in relation to various transactions- between the complainants, or some of them, and. the trustees of the college, and with Dr. Nott, relative to the-lotteries in which Yates and McIntyre'and-the college were interested.
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The bill in this cause was- filed by the complainants against the corporation of Union College, and against Eliphalet Nott, who is president of the faculty of the college and-also- a member of the board of trustees, in relation to various transactions- between the complainants, or some of them, and. the trustees of the college, and with Dr. Nott, relative to the-lotteries in which Yates and McIntyre'and-the college were interested. The complainants in their bill-charged," among other things, that' in 1826, Dr. Nott took an unjust and unconscientious advantage of their situation- and…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The first thirty-three exceptions for impertinence all depend upon the same principle. These exceptions to the different parts of the joint answer of- the defendants, are exceptions to the same so far as it purports to be the individual answer of Dr. Nott as well as the answer of the other defendants. And the complainants by their exceptions seek to convert this part of the answer into an answer for the corporation only. In this they have proceeded upon the erroneous supposition that Dr. Nott had no interest in the defence of the suit, and for that reason was not entitled to…
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