Armstrong v. Industrial Commission

This action arises out of the accidental death of Hallie E. Armstrong while in the employ of the Wausau Street Railroad Company and a claim for recovery made by the plaintiff under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, the employer and employee being subject to the terms of that act. The Industrial Commission denied compensation. The circuit court reversed this decision and awarded the plaintiff judgment, and defendants appeal.

The plaintiff and deceased were living together as husband and wife at and prior to the time of his death. A marriage ceremony had in form been gone through with, but the…