New York Court of Appeals June 3, 1924 (Hewitt v. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art)

Hiscock, Ch. J.

This appeal involves the question of respondent’s right to be selected as one of the trustees of appellant.

In 1857 an act (L. 1857, ch. 31) was passed

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to enable Peter Cooper to found a scientific institution in the City of New York.” After somewhat brief amendments made by another act (L. 1857, ch. 149) passed at a later date in 1857, an act was passed in 1859 (L. 1859, ch.