Gladewater County Line Independent School Dist. v. Hughes

(after stating the case as above).

There is presented for decision the point in view, in effect, of whether or not the title to the acre of land in suit revested in the original grantor on the abandonment of its use for school purposes. It is the rule that in the absence of a statute or provision in the grant there is no right of reversion where land, acquired in fee simple for .public school purposes, is no longer used or is abandoned for such use. 56 O. J. § 461, p. 461. In this state there is no statutory provision for reversion of the title to the grantor where the property is not used or…