Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 390. Universities and Colleges § 390.381

Sec. 1. Whenever any money or property shall have been or hereafter shall be devised, bequeathed or given by any will, deed, bill of sale or other written instrument, or subject to the terms of any written instrument, to or for the use of the Michigan college of mining and technology, or its board of control, or to or for the use of any of its predecessors or successors or their respective boards of control, or to said institution or any of its predecessors and successors, or its or their respective boards of control, for the use of students, faculty members or employes of the same, and it shall be deemed by the board of control of said institution or its successor, or by any interested person, or by any trustee or trustees under any such written instrument, necessary or desirable to have the terms, purposes or conditions of any such written instrument construed by an action or suit, or to have an accounting in court of the property so held, the then board of control of such institution or of its successor may and shall be made a party plaintiff or defendant, by its then name, to any such action or suit, and therein such board of control or its successor shall represent and act for the said college and its predecessors or successors, and their respective boards of control, and for each and all such beneficiaries not specifically designated in such instrument who may be interested in the distribution of any part of the principal or income arising from any such devise, bequest or gift; and judgment or decree in said action or suit shall be binding upon all so represented.