MCMECHAN v. BD. OF EDN.

No. 32682.

157 Ohio St. 241 (1952)

MCMECHAN, APPELLANT, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, BELMONT COUNTY, APPELLEE; PHETZING ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 26, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Thornburg & Lewis, for plaintiff appellant.

Mr. William H. Irwin, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Joseph L. Livorno, for appellee.

Mr. Wayne D. King, for defendant appellants.


MATTHIAS, J.

The interest which the board of education acquired in the land must be determined from the statutes in force at the time of the appropriation action. The heirs make no claim of title to the building thereon.

The petition in the appropriation case was as follows:

"Be it known that by virtue of the authority by law vested in the Board of Education of Richland Township Belmont County Ohio organized under the act passed March 14, 1853, entitled...

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