School district filed petition for approval of private sale of school property.
The Court of Common Pleas entered order approving sale. Challenger appealed. The Commonwealth Court reversed. School district filed petition for allowance of appeal.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that trial court’s role was limited to approving or disapproving sale of school property based on its assessment of evidence that proposed sale price was a fair and reasonable one and a better price than could be obtained at public sale, abrogating Swift v. Abington School Dist., 7 Pa.Cmwlth. 26, 297 A.2d 538, and Petition of Bd. of Public Ed. of School Dist. of Pittsburgh, 44 Pa.Cmwlth. 468, 405 A.2d 556.