Milwaukee Western Fuel Co. v. Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray SteveNs, Circuit Judge. This is an action by tbe plaintiff on an appeal from tbe finding of the Industrial Commission of tbe state of Wisconsin, which Commission awarded the defendant Barloara Hart-mann compensation to be paid by the plaintiff for the death of her husband, George Hartmann, which occurred while he was in plaintiff’s employ. On May 29, 1913, George Hartmann was in the employ of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray SteveNs, Circuit Judge. This is an action by tbe plaintiff on an appeal from tbe finding of the Industrial Commission of tbe state of Wisconsin, which Commission awarded the defendant Barloara Hart-mann compensation to be paid by the plaintiff for the death of her husband, George Hartmann, which occurred while he was in plaintiff’s employ. On May 29, 1913, George Hartmann was in the employ of the plaintiff. He met his death by drowning in the Menomi-' nee river. ITe was a man fifty-six years of age and had worked for the…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckee, J.
The contention that the parties were not subject to the Workmen’s Compensation Act must fail. The-record contains a copy of plaintiff’s notice to the Industrial Commission dated November 30, 1912, accepting the provisions of the act. The record also discloses that the plaintiff took part in the proceedings before the Com,mission without claiming exemption. It seems that plaintiff throughout the hearing acted upon the fact that-it was subject to this-law. We see no force in the claim that the Commission had *641no grounds for concluding that the parties before it had not accepted the provisions of…
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