Case Name: Board of Education Concord Special School District v. Board of Education Blue Ash Special School District
Court: Hamilton County Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1910-07-08
Citations: 15 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 521
Docket Number: 
Parties: Board of Education Concord Special School District v. Board of Education Blue Ash Special School District.
Judges: Jones, J.; Smith, P. J., and Swing, J., concur.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Court Reports (new series)
Volume: 15
Pages: 521–521

Head Matter:
MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCE PUPILS MUST TRAVEL TO SCHOOL.
Circuit Court of Hamilton County.
Board of Education Concord Special School District v. Board of Education Blue Ash Special School District.
Decided, July 8, 1910.
In assigning pupils 'to the public school nearest to their residence, the distance should be measured by the most direct path from the school house door to the middle of the highway and thence to the said residence.
H. H. Hosbrook, for plaintiff in error.
CJuts. W. Hoffman, contra.
Jones, J.; Smith, P. J., and Swing, J., concur.
Affirming Board of Education v. Board of Education, 11 N.P.(N.S.), 286; Circuit Court affirmed by the Supreme Court without opinion, 88 Ohio State, —.

Opinion:
In determining the distance a pupil of a public school must travel under Section 7735, General Code, the measurement should be made from the door of the sehoolhouse along the center of the most direct public highway to the nearest point of the curtilage of the pupil's residence, including in said measurement the distances from the school house door and said point in the curtilage, respectively, by the most direct walk, lane, or path to the center of the highway.
It appears from the agreed statement of facts that the distance so measured in this case is more than one and one-half miles and the judgment below is, therefore, affirmed.