Cedarburg Fox Farms, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

The basic question is whether under the provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Act, ch. 108, Stats., which were in effect in 1934 to 1939, plaintiff’s employees, engaged in its fox-farm operations, were exempted from the act by sec. 108.02 (e), Stats. 1935, which, in connection with defining “employment” and specifying coverage under the act, provides,—

“. . . except that for the purposes of this chapter an ‘employment’ shall not include: Employment as a farm laborer; . . .”

At the times in question plaintiff was engaged in extensive operations in the breeding’and raising of silver foxes…