Tennessee Supreme Court December 15, 1913 (State ex rel. College of Bishops of M. E. Church v. Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University)

lead-opinion

Me. Justice Tuenee

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The hill in this case was filed by the State, on the relation of the College of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and three gentlemen, who' had been elected by the General Conference of the Church to fill vacancies in the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University, against the University, as a corporation, and its