Kolman v. Industrial Commission

Frank Dvorak was injured while engaged in the work of cutting tie logs in the woods. The only controverted question before the commission was whether Dvorak was an employee or an independent contractor. Notwithstanding the fact that this court recently called the attention of the Industrial Commission to its duty to make findings of fact where there is any dispute as to the material facts, Tesch v. Industrial Comm. 200 Wis. 616, 229 N. W. 194, the commission in this case simply found that at the *141time Dvorak was injured he “was in the employ of” Kolman. That finding is clearly a mere…