GANDT v. JOINT SCHOOL DIST.


4 Wis.2d 419 (1958)

GANDT, Respondent, vs. JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 3 OF TOWNS OF OCONTO FALLS, etc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Lehner, Lehner & Behling of Oconto Falls, and oral argument by Howard N. Lehner.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Leon E. Riemer of Gillett.


MARTIN, C. J.

Sec. 40.53, Stats., provides that school boards of all school districts operating public elementary schools shall provide transportation to and from school for all pupils residing in the district two miles or more from the nearest public school they may attend. In Pagel v. School Dist. (1924), 184 Wis. 251, 199 N. W. 67, it was held that travel on a private road is included in ascertaining the distance between home and school.

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