Hibbs v. Independent School District

-The independent school district of Green Mountain, Iowa, comprises a territory of twenty-eight sections. The schoolhouse is located near the center of'the district. Thus organized and constituted, its pupils are drawn from seven original school districts in which the schools have been closed — whether because of lack of pupils or for the larger convenience and benefit of pupils residing in the territory, the record does not disclose.

On October 8, 1929, Merle Hibbs, a pupil eight years of age, residing three miles from the schoolbuilding, fell, or was thrown, from the school bus in which he…