Ginsburg v. Byers

Certiorari to review the order of the industrial commission awarding compensation under the workmen’s compensation act.

The employe Ginsburg worked for his employer Byers on road work in Iowa. Ginsburg lived in Iowa; Byers lived in Minnesota. Upon the completion of the Iowa work Byers, in Iowa, employed Ginsburg to do road work in Minnesota, and while so employed he sustained an injury. The only question is whether the Minnesota compensation act is the governing law. Ginsburg claims that it is; Byers and his insurer claim that it is not.

The compensation act provides for elective compensation…