City of Sheboygan v. Industrial Commission

The evidence upon which the commission acted establishes that the city of Sheboygan maintained a poor-farm, which was under the general control of the city poor-master, and which was operated under the immediate supervision of a superintendent, who had been permitted to employ extra farm help when necessary. Since 1914 Albert Koehler was superintendent and lived on the farm with his family, including his daughter, Lillian Traute, and her son, Gordon Traute. Ever since Gordon Traute was three years old, his mother, a divorcee, was an employee at the farm, and received a monthly salary and her…