People ex rel. Hastings v. Kewen

Citations

• 69 Cal. 215
• 10 P. 393
• 1886 Cal. LEXIS 656

Syllabus

<p>Hastings College of Law—Affiliation with University of California —Legislature cannot Change Form of Government. —After the affiliation of the Hastings College of the Law with the University of California, the legislature had no power, under section 9 of article 9 of the constitution, to change the form of government of the college; consequently, the acts of March 3, 1883, and of March 18, 1885, assuming to transfer the control of the college from the directors named in the act of March 26, 1878, creating it, are unconstitutional.</p>