BRYAN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 134.

151 U.S. 639 (1894)

BRYAN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE KENTUCKY CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 5, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas F. Hargis, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. D.M. Thornton and Mr. J.M. Wilson, (with whom was Mr. Samuel Shellabarger on the brief,) for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs contend that, notwithstanding the act of 1858 reserved the right to amend or repeal the charter of the Millersburg Male and Female Collegiate Institute, the 11th section of the act of 1860 repealing the act of 1858, incorporating the Millersburg Male and Female Collegiate Institute, was repugnant to that provision of the constitution...

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