Winger v. Aires

Opinion by

Me. Justice Mush anno,

In 1947 the School Board of the Borough of Ephrata, which has 8,000 inhabitants, 2 elementary schools and a high school, ordered a school census for the purpose of determining its future school building requirements. From this census it was calculated that by the beginning of the 1952-53 term, another school building containing three rooms for three grades and accommodating from 60 to 65 students would be required. For the 1953-54 term 3 more rooms would be needed.

On July 10, 1950, the School Board met and decided to purchase the land of the plaintiffs, known…