Updike Grain Co. v. Swanson

Action to recover, under the workmen’s compensation act (Rev. St. 1913, sec. 3666, as amended, Laws 1917, ch. 85, sec. 9%, and Laws 1919, ch. 91, sec. 4), a penalty, by reason of alleged delinquency in payment of compensation, and to recover attorney’s fees. The trial court denied the relief, and Swanson, the petitioner, appeals.

The case is presented here on the transcript alone, showing the petition of Swanson, the answer of the company, and the decree of the court. No reply was filed, and the allegations of new matter in the answer, therefore, stand admitted.

Swanson, while an employee of…