State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Alishio

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which no fact is disputed, the only question involved being one of statutory construction. How it arose can be seen from reading the referee’s findings and order dated April 25, 1951:

“The City of Trinidad, a municipal corporation, was duly authorized by the vote of the people in 1948 to construct and operate a municipal electric light and power generation and distribution system. The City, by reason of this authority, purchased and operated a power plant within the corporate limits during the years 1948 and 1949 and was so operating on January 12,…