M'Cullough v. School Directors of Fourth Ward
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Allegheny. Sept. 12. This was an action on the case, brought by the school directors of Fourth Ward, Pittsburgh, plaintiffs, to recover part of the purchase-money due by defendant, on a parol sale made July 13, 1848, by plaintiffs, by a public auctioneer, of a lot of ground in the city of Pittsburgh to defendant, and for which they were to make him a good title in fee-simple.
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Error to the District Court of Allegheny. Sept. 12. This was an action on the case, brought by the school directors of Fourth Ward, Pittsburgh, plaintiffs, to recover part of the purchase-money due by defendant, on a parol sale made July 13, 1848, by plaintiffs, by a public auctioneer, of a lot of ground in the city of Pittsburgh to defendant, and for which they were to make him a good title in fee-simple. This lot had been conveyed in fee-simple to the school directors of said ward, January 14,1837. On this lot they erected, about that date, large buildings for a public school — these…
1Per curiam
The school directors have, expressly, power to sell property no longer necessary for the purposes of the school: and who is to exercise the discretion thus given, if they are not ? The matter is too plain for discussion.
Judgment affirmed.
2Cited by4 opinions
- In re Wilkinsburg School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- In re Board of School Directors, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Washington County1985
- Borough of Bristol v. Bristol Borough School District, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1963
- Wyalusing Township School District v. Babcock, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bradford County1928