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BERRYMAN v. WHITMAN COLLEGE

No. 95.

222 U.S. 334 (1912)

32 S.Ct. 147

56 L.Ed. 225

BERRYMAN v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Everett J. Smith, with whom Mr. Lester S. Wilson was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. W.T. Dovell, with whom Mr. George Turner and Mr. Thomas Burke were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

On December 20, 1859, the legislature of Washington enacted a private law creating Whitman Seminary in Walla Walla County. By the act eight persons were incorporated under the name of the "President and Trustees of Whitman Seminary." The corporation was given perpetual existence and the incorporators authority to govern its affairs and to name their successors. The...

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