Dartmouth College V Woodward

Woodward in the state court of new hampshire for the book of records corporate seal and other corporate property to which the plaintiffs allege themselves to be entitled.
Dartmouth college v woodward. The supporters of this public charity including lord dartmouth obtained a royal charter for the college and then became its trustees. Woodward was at its core an issue of state power and contracts. Woodward dartmouth college was founded in 1754 to train missionaries and educate indians in new england. Woodward also commonly known as the dartmouth college case was attracted much attention and exerted a greater influence over the legislative and judicial history of the united states at the 19th century.
Woodward dartmouth college v. The case arose when the president of dartmouth college was deposed by its trustees leading to the new hampshire legislature attempting to force the college to become a public institution and thereby place the ability to appoint trustees in. Supreme court case in which the court held that the charter of dartmouth college granted in 1769 by king george iii of england was a contract and as such could not be impaired by the new hampshire legislature. 518 was a landmark decision in united states corporate law from the united states supreme court dealing with the application of the contracts clause of the united states constitution to private corporations.
Dartmouth was founded in 1769 via a royal charter from king george iii. Trustees of dartmouth college v. In dartmouth college v. This case also signaled the disestablishment of church and state in new hampshire.
481 1819 the supreme court ruled that the state of new hampshire had violated the contract clause in its attempt to install a new board of trustees for dartmouth college.