Smith v. Hunter
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of Ohio, by a writ of error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act. The facts were these: — By the fourth section of the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1803, to enable the State of Ohio to form a State constitution, (2 Statutes at Large, 226,) a township of land, to.be laid off in the Cincinnati land district, was granted to the State of Ohio for the purpose of establishing an academy.
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This case was brought up from the Supreme Court of Ohio, by a writ of error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act. The facts were these: — By the fourth section of the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1803, to enable the State of Ohio to form a State constitution, (2 Statutes at Large, 226,) a township of land, to.be laid off in the Cincinnati land district, was granted to the State of Ohio for the purpose of establishing an academy. On the 17th of February, 1809, the legislature of the State of Ohio passed an act. entitled “ An act to establish the Miami University.”…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daniel
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Coui of Ohio,- prosecuted under the twenty-fifth'section of the act to establislrthe judicial courts of the United States, and arises out of the following facts and proceedings.
By the fourth section of an act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1803, (2 Statutes at Large, 226,) a township of land in the Cincinnati land district was granted to-the State of Ohio for the purpose of establishing a university.
Op the 17th of February, 1809, the legislature of Ohio, by law, incorporated and established the Miami University, and, by the tenth section of this law,…
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