Fischer v. Malleable Iron Range Co.

Peterson, Justice.

The Workmen’s Compensation Commission awarded benefits under the Minnesota Workmen’s Compensation Act to respondent widow of the deceased employee of relator, a self-insured employer, for work-connected injuries sustained in the State of Iowa. Relator, by its petition for certiorari, challenges the commission’s jurisdiction to make such award, contending that the Iowa Workmen’s Compensation Act is exclusively applicable.

Relator, Malleable Iron Range Company, employer of the deceased employee, is a Wisconsin corporation whose principal business is the manufacture and…