Marinette County Highway Committee v. Industrial Commission

We agree with the learned trial court that the evidence does not show who was the employer of defendant West at the time of his injury. The method of payment for his services does somewhat obscure the controlling entity, described as employer. There was apparently some interchange between the county of Marinette and the state involving West’s services. But in the proceedings before the commission, neither the state nor the county, either of which may or may not have been the employer, was a party and neither is here a party to the record. This doubtless accounts for failure to litigate the…