Neff v. Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. Action to set aside an order of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation to the defendant MarJcman for injuries received under the following circumstances as found by the Commission: In February, 1915, MarJcman> a sailor, entered tbe employ of plaintiff, a resident of Milwaukee and the owner of the steamer Venezuela, then lying in the Burn-ham slip for repairs.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. Action to set aside an order of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation to the defendant MarJcman for injuries received under the following circumstances as found by the Commission: In February, 1915, MarJcman> a sailor, entered tbe employ of plaintiff, a resident of Milwaukee and the owner of the steamer Venezuela, then lying in the Burn-ham slip for repairs. It had been in the slip since the previous December, and the repairs were not completed till about the 1st of May, 1915, when it went…
1Opinion of the CourtViNJE, J.
Plaintiff contends that his contract with Markman was a maritime one and that such contracts do not come under the provisions of the Wisconsin Workmen’s Compensation Law; that the Industrial Commission was without jurisdiction to act, and for that reason its award was void and should have been set aside by the circuit court. The case of Southern Pac. Co. v. Jensen, 244 U. S. 205, 37 Sup. Ct. 524, decided by the supreme court of the United *128States May 21, 1911, sustains liis contentions and rules this case. It follows that the judgment of the circuit court must be reversed.
By the Court. —…
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