Abell v. Bell

Legge, Justice.

These two cases were argued together in the circuit court, and involve the same issue, to wit: Is the provision of the Act of February 25, 1954, XLVIII Stat. at L. p. 1468, for' the conveyance of an abandoned school building by the trustees of a consolidated school district to the “community trustees” of the area constituting the former school district in which such building is located, mandatory or permissive?

In its preamble, the Act recites that “in the program of consolidation of the schools within the counties of this state, a number of school buildings will not be needed…