School District of Oakland v. School District of Joplin

Action to quiet and determine title and for ejectment, damages and monthly rents and profits. From a judgment vesting title in plaintiff, the School District of Oakland, and awarding damages, etc., defendant, the School District of Joplin, appeals.

The case is submitted on an agreed stipulation of facts; and clearing away the underbrush, the contested issues presented revolve around the question: Does real property purchased from public funds held by and conveyed by general warranty deed to a town school district of less than nine square miles in area become the property of a city school…