Badger Furniture Co. v. Industrial Commission

John Brisbane, under contract with the Badger Furniture Company to sell its furniture on commission, was accidentally killed in a collision between his automobile and an engine on the railroad track, near Sun Prairie, Dane county, December 8, 1927. His widow, Julia Brisbane, one of the defendants and appellants, made a claim before the Industrial Commission for compensation under the compensation act. The commission held a hearing and made its findings of fact and awarded compensation to the *129claimant. The plaintiffs, Badger Furniture Company and its insurance carrier, brought an action in the…