The age-herald., 1900-03-01

ed to be called was to be held, and did not state the business to pe transacted at said meeting; and that, therefore, the board of trustees or such members of said board as were present at said meeting were without authorty at said alleged meeting to pass the resolution herein above referred to and set forth as a part of and included in the minutes of said alleged meeting, hereto at tached, marked Exhibit B." attempting to authorize the sale of lands of your orator, and to confer the power to execute a deed conveying such lands and that, therefore sad pretended deed so attempted to be ex- ecuted under the supposed authority of such void resolution passed at said irregular and illegal meeting, is null, void and of no effect.
 1e Your orator further ayers that by the act of the general assembly of Alabama, approved February q, 1893, a copy of which act is hereto attached marked Exhibit D,' and prayed to be taken as a part of this bill of complaint the same al If herein fully set out, and by a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of the University of Alabama on June 2, 1899, copy of which resolution is hereto attached marked Exhibit E. and prayed to be taken as a part eff this bill of complaint, the same as if herein fully set forth and by such ex- press invitation of said board of trustees, the members of the advisory committee of the society of the alumni of the University Of Alabama became sitting me embers of the board of trustees of the University of Ala bama and endowed with the right to par ticipate in the deliberations and to take part in the discussions of said board of trustees; and as such sitting members of the board of trustees of your orator, the members of said advisory committee of said society of the alumni were entitled to notice of all meetings of said board. and were entitled to notice of the meeting alleged to have been held on September 22 1899. Your orator further ayers that said society of the alumni of the University of of Alabama had duly elected and commis- stoned John Hassey, Sterling A. Wood and Phares Coleman as Its said advisory com mittee, and that members of said ad- visory committee the said persons had been regularly and duly enrolled as sitting mem bers of your orators said board of trus- tees and had ttended and partcpa ted in the meetings of said board of trustees, and were such members at the time of the is- suance of the alleged call for said alleged special meeting of September 22 1S93 hut that notwithstanding said act of the gen eral assembly and the said resolution ad opt- ed by the board of trustees of the Cniver- sity of Alabama, and such express invita- ton of said board of trustees conferring upon the members of the advisory commit tee of the society of the alumni the rights as a boye stated. no member of said adyls- ory committee of the society of the alumni of the University of Alabama received any notice whatever or call of said alleged meeting held September p, 1899, and that no member of the said advisory com mittee was present at said alleged meet ing; and that therefore the said alleged meeting was illegal and void, and all acts done or attempted to be done at said al- legged meeting was unauthorized, null and void.
 H. Your orator further ayers that by req