Keil v. Farmers Irrigation District

This action was originally an appeal to the district court from the award of the compensation commissioner. Special appearance of the plaintiff (employee) was made and sustained in that court, and the defendant’s (employer’s) appeal to the district court was dismissed by that court without a hearing on the merits. From the order of dismissal the defendant appeals to this court.

It appears from the record that the hearing in this case before the compensation commissioner was determined on the 27th day of March, 1929; that notice of appeal from this award was duly given and the petition in due…