Anderson v. Miller Scrap Iron Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Brown county: N. J. Monahan, Judge. This action was commenced to recover damages resulting from the wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent. He was an employee of the Miller Scrap Iron Company. The Miller Scrap Iron Company and the decedent were -both residents of Wisconsin. The contract of employment was a Wisconsin contract, and both were under the workmen’s compensation act.
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Appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Brown county: N. J. Monahan, Judge. This action was commenced to recover damages resulting from the wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent. He was an employee of the Miller Scrap Iron Company. The Miller Scrap Iron Company and the decedent were -both residents of Wisconsin. The contract of employment was a Wisconsin contract, and both were under the workmen’s compensation act. Death occurred by reason of the overturning of an automobile driven by Herman Miller, an officer of the Miller Scrap Iron Company, in the state of Michigan, while on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed May 3, 1921:
Owen, J.
After the decision in this case, reported in 169 Wis. 106, 170 N. W. 275, 171 N. W. 935, the widow, Mrs. Boncher, made application for compensation under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act. The industrial commission made an award in her favor, which award was affirmed by this court in Miller Scrap Iron Co. v. Boncher, 173 Wis. 257, 180 N. W. 826. The Miller Scrap Iron Company claims that it has acquired this cause of action and is entitled to continue the prosecution thereof against Herman Miller; that it was aggrieved by the…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Anderson v. Miller Scrap Iron Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
- Miller Scrap Iron Co. v. BoncherWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921
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