Hansen v. Industrial Commission

Action was brought by the plaintiff to review an award of the Industrial Commission under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The circuit court affirmed the award. .The plaintiff has appealed to this court from the judgment of affirmance. The Workmen’s Compensation Act, incorporated in ch. 102, Stats., will hereinafter be referred to as “the act.”

The evidentiary facts of the case are entirely without dispute. The plaintiff is a carpenter. For ten years prior to 1931 he was in business as a contractor erecting- buildings. ITe then carried industrial compensation insurance. In April, 1931, he…