Legal Opinion

Addison Township School District v. Somerfield Borough School District

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Somerset County

Decided April 6, 1943Published

1Opinion of the Court

Boose, P. J.,

The facts in this case are not in dispute, but they present a novel question of law. So far as our knowledge or research extends, it is believed that the case is without precedent. The controlling question here involved is this: Where the entire territorial area comprising a borough school district of the fourth class, including its school ground and building, has been appropriated by the Federal Government for the location and construction of a flood-control dam or reservoir, is the *667school district of the township from which said territory was taken for the creation and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lancaster School District v. Lancaster CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Township of Highland Grove v. Village of Winnipeg JunctionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914

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