State ex rel. Niessen v. District Court of Ramsey County
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of Marie Niessen the supreme court granted its writ of certiorari directed to the district court for Ramsey county and the Honorable James C. Michael, one of the judges thereof, to review proceedings in that court brought under the Workman’s Compensation Act by the relator, mother of Harold J. Niessen, as employee, against the members of the firm of R. H. Merriam & Company, as employer.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, 0. J.,
Certiorari to review a judgment of the district court of Ramsey county denying relief in proceedings under the Workman’s Compensation Act.
It appears from the record that for some time prior to his death Harold J. Niessen was in the employ of R. H. Merriam & Company, a copartnership doing business in the city of St. Paul, as a traveling salesman at a fixed compensation per month. He was assigned to a particular territory which he covered sometimes by train and sometimes *337by automobile. He owned an automobile, and when he used it in his employment the company allowed him $25 per…
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