State Ex Rel. Sottile v. Mensing

The issues on this appeal are whether the relator, Peter Sottile, and one hundred and twenty others similarly situated, who drive horse-drawn vehicles used in connection with collecting and removing garbage, ashes, rubbish, and snow, and otherwise keeping the streets clean and safe, are employees of the city of Milwaukee or of the contracting team owners whose teams are hired by the city’s department of public works; whether the city service commission-shall inquire into, the nature, tenure, and compensation of those one hundred and twenty-one men and shall classify their places of employment…