Booth Fisheries Co. v. Industrial Comm'n of Wis.

This was a suit begun in the Circuit Court of Dane County, Wisconsin, to review and set aside the findings and award under the Wisconsin Workman’s Compensation Act of a death, benefit in. favor of Mary McLaughlin, as widow of William McLaughlin, against his employer, the Booth Fisheries Company, and that company’s surety, the Zurich General Accident & Liability Company.

The petition avers that the Industrial Commission in making the award “ acted without and in excess of its powers ” in finding that the personal injuries and death of William McLaughlin were proximately caused by acci-T dent…