Hopkins v. School District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Story District Court. — C. G-. Lee, Judge. Suit in equity to declare a forfeiture and to recover an acre of ground and to quiet the title. There was a decree for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
1. schools and school districts: reversion of school grounds: non user: consent of county superintendent. The land in question. comprises the schoolhouse lot of the defendant school district. It was acquired by the defendant in 1877, by deed from one Fliekinger. The deed contained a proviso that the land should revert to the grantor whenever it should cease to be used for school purposes. Subsequently, Fliekinger sold to plaintiff the quarter-sec- . tion farm out of which the acre was carved, and later conveyed to him his reversionary interest in the schoolhouse lot. A schoolhouse was built…
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