Main Tp. School D. v. Reichard

Citations

• 142 Pa. 226
• 21 A. 821
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 727

Syllabus

<p>(a) In 1822, land was conveyed to the “trustees of union meeting and school house,” and their successors, “in trust, nevertheless, to and for the use, benefit and behoof of the said meeting and school house, forever ; ” and, for many years thereafter, religious worship and subscription schools were conducted in buildings thereon.</p> <p>(&) After the adoption of the common-school system of Pennsylvania, a school district occupied one of the buildings for common-school purposes, and in 1871, with the knowledge of the church societies, erected a new school building, which, in 1889, after notice to the school district, was removed by the landowners:</p> <p>1. In trespass by the school district for the removal of the school building, the undisputed evidence showing that the erection of the building by the school district, and the use made of it, were permissive merely, insufficient to give title by irrevocable license, it was not error to direct a verdict for the defendants.</p>