National Farm School v. Com. Bucks Co.

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

Appellant is a corporation organized to train youth to become scientific and practical agriculturists. It is conceded that it is a purely public charity. Its real estate in Bucks County consists of eight hundred and twenty-nine acres, with houses, barns and other buildings adapted to the purposes of the organization. When appellant acquired the land, it consisted of six farms belonging to different owners. These farms were acquired by appellant at different times and, with ihe exception of a tract of two hundred and five acres, known as the Hibbs farm, and a tract of…