Anderson v. Miller Scrap Iron Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Brown county: N. J. Monahan, Judge. Personal injury. The defendant company is a Wisconsin corporation, having its principal place of business at Green Bay. Joseph Boncher was a resident of Wisconsin, an employee of the defendant company. The business of the company, a dealer in scrap iron and steel, was carried on almost entirely within the state of Wisconsin.
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Appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Brown county: N. J. Monahan, Judge. Personal injury. The defendant company is a Wisconsin corporation, having its principal place of business at Green Bay. Joseph Boncher was a resident of Wisconsin, an employee of the defendant company. The business of the company, a dealer in scrap iron and steel, was carried on almost entirely within the state of Wisconsin. N early all of Bon-cher’s services had been rendered within the state. Prior to the time of the accident, which occurred on June 30, 1917, the company liad purchased the scrap on a small…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed January 7, 1919:
Rosenberry, J.
The plaintiff claims the right to recover damages under the laws the state of Michigan for the injury and death of Bonche: on the ground that the defendant company and its agent, Herman Miller, were negligent. The defendants claim that the liability of the defendant company is that prescribed by the workmen’s compensation act of Wisconsin (secs. 2394 — 1 to 2394 — 31, Stats.), and inasmuch as the plaintiff has requested that, in the event it is héld that the workmen’s compensation act applies to the company, the judgment shall be…
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