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MILLSAPS COLLEGE v. JACKSON

No. 14.

275 U.S. 129 (1927)

48 S.Ct. 94

72 L.Ed. 196

MILLSAPS COLLEGE v. CITY OF JACKSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 21, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Scott, with whom Messrs. Robert H. Thompson, W.T. Horton, and Frank T. Scott were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Messrs. Garner W. Green and William H. Watkins, with whom Messrs. Marcellus Green, Chalmers Potter, H. Vaughn Watkins, and P.H. Eager were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Millsaps College is an educational institution, not operated for profit. It was incorporated by a special act of the Mississippi legislature approved February 21, 1890, which contains, among others, the following provisions.

The incorporators and their successors, under the name of Millsaps College, "may accept donations of real and personal property for the...

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