McKees Rocks Borough School District Petition

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

These appeals are from an order of a court of common pleas directing a Borough School District Board to sell and convey certain of its “unused and unnecessary school lands and buildings” to a trustee for a church. The proceeding is under the Act of May 11, 1939, P. L. 117, as amended, 24 PS Supp., 672a. The single question is whether the court’s order is in compliance with the statute.

The Act of 1939 is an amendment to section 602 of the Act of May 18, 1911, P. L. 309, art. VI. A new section, section 602.1, was added. Section 602 of the Act of 1911…