Abston v. Waldon Academy
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Davidson Conntv. — John W. Childress, Judge. '
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beard
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.
The defendant in error is a corporation chartered in 1866 by tbe legislature of Tennessee under tbe name and style of the “Central Tennessee Methodist Episcopal College,” which original name was by subsequent enactment changed to that of “Waldon Academy.” This institution was incorporated for purely education purposes in the interest of the negro race, then but recently emancipated. Being an eleemosynary corporation, it issued no stock, and it has paid no dividends. Its foundations were laid in charitable donations, and during its entire history, according…
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