Voelz v. Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment affirming an order of tbe Industrial Commission made under tbe Workmen’s Compensation Act, awarding $1,124.40 to tbe claimant as compensation for tbe loss of an eye. Tbe appellants claim that there was no sufficient proof that tbe loss of tbe eye was tbe result of an accident while in their employ. Tbe facts were as follows: Tbe claimant is a plumber.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment affirming an order of tbe Industrial Commission made under tbe Workmen’s Compensation Act, awarding $1,124.40 to tbe claimant as compensation for tbe loss of an eye. Tbe appellants claim that there was no sufficient proof that tbe loss of tbe eye was tbe result of an accident while in their employ. Tbe facts were as follows: Tbe claimant is a plumber. He was working for tbe appellants, who are master plumbers, April 3, 1914, on which day be was sent with a helper to…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed June 1, 1915:
Winslow, C. J.
The Industrial Commission can make no award unless it be supported by its findings of fact (sec. 2394 — 19, Stats.), and every finding of fact must have some substantial evidence in its support, though not necessarily the preponderance of the evidence. Milwaukee C. & G. Co. v. Industrial Comm. 160 Wis. 247, 151 N. W. 245. It must *243result from this that a finding of fact made by the Commission cannot he based on mere conjecture any more than a finding of fact made by the court. It does not require so much evidence in its support, but it…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hoenig v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
- Milwaukee Coke & Gas Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
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