Douglas County v. Industrial Commission

The issue before us on this appeal is the validity of the retroactive repeal by ch. 397, Laws of 1953, of the right existing under sec. 66.908 (2) (aa), Stats. 1951, to offset against the workmen’s compensation death benefits, due the widow, the amount of the benefits payable to her from the Wisconsin retirement fund. The appellant county and its insurance carrier contend that such retroactive repeal violates sec. 10, art. I of the United States- constitution, prohibiting a state from passing any law impairing the obligation of a contract; the due-process clause of the Fourteenth amendment to…