Seneca Valley School District is engaged in a legal tug of war with a company that is arguing it paid the district an estimated $100,000 too much in taxes over the sale of Hampton Inn and Residents Inn in Cranberry Township.

The hotels were sold in 2013 by Hamister Hospitality to American Hotel Income Properties, based in Maryland, as part of a larger sale that included four hotels across the region.

In 2016, Hamister filed a request for a tax refund with the state and Seneca Valley School District. After its request was rejected in 2017, the company filed an appeal in Butler County's civil court where it is now being deliberated. And on Tuesday, lawyers from both sides met with Judge S. Michael Yeager to discuss the case but, according to the district's lawyer, no compromise or resolution was reached. A trial has been set for Jan. 28, 2019 but there is still a chance that the matter can be resolved before that.

This is an excerpt — learn more about the situation in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.