Evans v. Cropp

Opinion of the Court by

Judge O’Rear

Affirming.

*515Knott and wife in 1883 conveyed to trustees of common school district No. 48 in Larue county a lot of land containing one-quarter of an acre for school purposes, reserving in the deed the reversion of the title to the grantors should the property cease to be used for common school purposes. Knott and wife conveyed the farm from which the quarter-acre was taken to others, and it has come down by several conveyances to appellant. In each conveyance the reversion in the school lot was also conveyed. July 14, 1909, the board of education of La-rue…