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COFFEE v. WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

No. 14472.

387 S.W.2d 132 (1965)

John B. COFFEE et al., Appellants, v. WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bracewell, Reynolds & Patterson, Joe H. Reynolds, William Key Wilde, Wright Morrow, Houston, for appellants.

O. Don Chapoton, Alvin M. Owsley, Jr., Dillon Anderson, Tom M. Davis, Houston, Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, of counsel, for appellees.

COLEMAN, Justice.

This suit was instituted by William Marsh Rice University and the duly appointed trustees thereof, for the purpose of determining whether, under a proper construction of the Indenture, pursuant to the terms of which the corporation was formed, the trustees, in the exercise of their discretion, are free to accept as students qualified applicants without regard to color and to charge tuition to those able to pay. The plaintiffs prayed, in the alternative...

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