B. F. Sturtevant Co. v. Industrial Commission

The compensation act of the state of Wisconsin was passed in 1911. Its general purposes were very carefully considered, and its constitutionality was upheld in Borgnis v. Falk Co. 147 Wis. 327, 133 N. W. 209. Since then this court has many times affirmed its beñeficent purposes and declared the rule that it should be liberally construed to carry out such objects. This rule applies with equal force to the many amendments that have been added to the original act by subsequent legislation. The amend*15ment under consideration is intended to carry out a wise public policy of spreading the risk or…