Beaver Area School District v. Beaver Borough

SOHN, J.,

This is an action in equity in which Beaver Area School District, plaintiff, seeks an adjudication cancelling a lease of January 17, 1941, in which plaintiff is lessor, and Borough of Beaver, defendant, is lessee.

Statement of Pleadings

Plaintiff is an area school district created by merger of four districts. As successor in title to the School District of the Borough of Beaver, plaintiff is the owner of a 13-acre tract of land. January 17,1941, the School District of the Borough of Beaver leased the land to the Borough of Beaver for a term of 99 years, at an annual rental of $1. Since…