File #3795: "1899-1900 Catalog, V.U. History, V.U. Claim Litigation."

1899-1900 Catalog, V.U. History, V.U. Claim Litigation.

Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications

Pg. 10-11. VINCENNES UNIVERSITY HISTORY, cont.: Left page: Describes ability to grant degrees, duty to educate Indians and females, a fundraising lottery, and the university's beginning under Rev. Samuel Scott, including the elementary branches. UNIVERSITY CLAIM: Describes confiscation of land by the State without authority of law; multiple demands by the University that the state make proper restitution; proof that the University has a proper claim. Right page: UNIVERSITY CLAIM, cont.: Describes the University's claim for a final settlement with the state, the state's improper receipt of money from the land's sale, 1844 lawsuit to recover the land from the current owners, 1846 lawsuit against the State and dismissal of the 1844 suits, legal decisions and reversals, ending with the U. S. Supreme Court's decision in the University's favor.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1899-1900

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