Note 175 — CASES.

Dr. Stanger had before made an unsuccessful application to this Court. He had obtained a rule calling on the president and fellows of the college to shew cause why a mandamus should not issue “commanding them to admit him to examination for admission into the class or order of candidates for election into the society or fellowship of the said college.” But as Dr. Stanger had presented himself to the comitia minora to be examined, which court is constituted by one of the bye-laws with power only to examine candidates of a certain description within which Dr. Stanger did not come, this Court in Easter term 1796 discharged the rule for the mandamus; saying that it did not appear that Dr. Stanger had a right to be examined by the comitia minora; but that if he had any title as being one of the homines facultatis under the charter, he should apply to the body at large. The Court also intimated at that time a strong opinion that the bye-laws were reasonable and valid.