President of Harvard College v. Attorney General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May-28, 1915, and amended on November 21, 1916, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College, a corporation, for instructions as to whether the plaintiff lawfully might carry out a certain agreement between the plaintiff and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a corporation, which was approved finally and went into effect on March 1,1915, so far as respected the property received by the plaintiff under the…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May-28, 1915, and amended on November 21, 1916, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College, a corporation, for instructions as to whether the plaintiff lawfully might carry out a certain agreement between the plaintiff and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a corporation, which was approved finally and went into effect on March 1,1915, so far as respected the property received by the plaintiff under the deeds of trust and the will of Gordon McKay, who died, resident at Newport in the State of Rhode Island, on October 19,…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The question presented by this bill for instructions is whether the plaintiff corporation lawfully can carry out an agreement, duly made by it with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “as far as respects the property received by it under the deeds of trust and the will of Gordon McKay.”
The agreement (above set forth in full) assumed its final form in February, 1915. Speaking generally, it purports to establish a co-operative arrangement between Harvard University and the Institute “in the conduct of courses leading to degrees in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Sanitary Engineering,…
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