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BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR VINCENNES UNIVERSITY v. STATE OF INDIANA

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55 U.S. 268 (1853)

14 How. 268

14 L.Ed. 416

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE VINCENNES UNIVERSITY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF INDIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 25, 1853.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Judah, with whom was Mr. Dunham, for the plaintiffs in error, and Mr. O.H. Smith, for the State of Indiana.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is before us on a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana, under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789.

The bill was filed under an act of the legislature of Indiana, of 1846, which authorized the trustees of the Vincennes University to file a bill in chancery, in the nature of an act of disseisin against the State, to try their...

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