Spielmann v. Industrial Commission

The defendant Nash-Kelvinator Corporation is engaged in a variety of manufactures, among them the manufacture of Nash automobiles. It owns plants at Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha. The plaintiff Spielmann was employed in the Milwaukee plant, plaintiffs Hamkins and Milkent in the Kenosha plant. All three plaintiffs lost employment by reason of the shutting down of the plants in which they were respectively engaged. They applied to the Industrial Commission for unemployment compensation under ch. 108, Stats. The Spielmann case will b.e first considered.

The act provides for payment to the state…