Rehse v. Industrial Commission

Early in 1952 the Conservation Commission, in its operation of the Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area, gave notice that trapping for muskrat in the Area would be authorized for the period from March 15, 1952, to April 15, 1952, “for the primary purpose of reducing the muskrat population on open-water areas, in order that we may enhance emergent plant growth.”

Elmer Rehse, who resided on a farm in the vicinity of the marsh and engaged in trapping, received a copy of said notice, a form letter which recited in part that since he was “awarded a contract” during the 1951 — 1952 trapping season on the…