CHAPTER V

THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CASE Such a contract, in relation to a publick institution would be absurd and contrary to the principles of all governments. (Chief Justice William M. Richardson.) It would seem as if the state legislatures have an invincible hostility to the sacredness of charters. (Marshall.) Perhaps no judicial proceedings in this country ever involved more important consequences. (_North American Review_, 1820.) It is the legitimate business of government to see that co…