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Quotation from Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward by Supreme Court of the United States
“This is plainly a contract to which the donors, the trustees and the crown (to whose rights and obligations New Hampshire succeeds) were the original parties.”
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on whether the charter is a contract (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Marshall identifies the parties to the 1769 charter and New Hampshire's place in it after the Revolution.
Citation: "This is plainly a contract to which the donors, the trustees and the crown (to whose rights and obligations New Hampshire succeeds) were the original parties." — Supreme Court of the United States, Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on whether the charter is a contract (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id dartmouth-college-v-woodward-q3)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
