Regents of the University of Minnesota v. Hart
Supreme Court of Minnesota
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF HENNEPIN COUNTY. I. — Corporate powers are confined to those specifically granted, and. by implication to sneb others as may be necessary for tbe exercise and enjoyment of those conferred. 2 Kent’s Gom. 1th Ed.p. 344, cited and approved ly this court in School District against Thompson, 5 Minn. 280; Tdwa/rds on Notes, p. 348; Angel c& Ames on Oor., Sec. 271, 256; Salem Mill-dam Go. vs. Mopes, 6 Miele., 32; Berlin vs. New Britain, 9th Conn.,…
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF HENNEPIN COUNTY. I. — Corporate powers are confined to those specifically granted, and. by implication to sneb others as may be necessary for tbe exercise and enjoyment of those conferred. 2 Kent’s Gom. 1th Ed.p. 344, cited and approved ly this court in School District against Thompson, 5 Minn. 280; Tdwa/rds on Notes, p. 348; Angel c& Ames on Oor., Sec. 271, 256; Salem Mill-dam Go. vs. Mopes, 6 Miele., 32; Berlin vs. New Britain, 9th Conn., 180; N. JT. Eiremcm’s Insurance Go., vs. Ely, 5 Gonn. 572. a. Although in general an express authority to issue…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Gourt
FlaNdrau, J.
The Regents of the University of Minnesota are made a corporation by chap. 23 of the Comp. Stats., p. 350. Section one establishes the University. Section two provides a fund for the support of the same from the proceeds of the lands .that may bo granted by the United States to the Territory for that purpose. Section three declares the object of the University to be purely educational. Section four vests the government of the same in a Board of Regents, and together with section five, provides the manner of their election. Section seven makes them a body corporate,…
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- Roberts v. New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923