Elwell v. Fake

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Certiorari to review a decision of the Industrial Commission awarding compensation for the death of Bernard D. Elwell to his widow, Marlene P. Elwell, and his three dependent children against relator Schanno Livestock Pullman Company, a corporation, and respondent George Fake as coemployers.

On July 8, 1959, the decedent met death accidentally in the course of his employment while driving a tractor owned by Fake with trailer attached owned by the corporation on a return trip from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to South St. Paul. The sole issue for determination is whether at…