Belle City Malleable Iron Co. v. Rowland
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. An award was made by the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin to the defendant John D. Rowland as guardian of Marie J. Hansen, an incompetent person, of the sum of $2,907.24 as compensation by reason of the death of Louis Hansen, husband of said Marie J. Hansen, against the plaintiff Belle City Malleable Iron Company as employer and the Wisconsin Mutual Liability Company as insurer.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. An award was made by the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin to the defendant John D. Rowland as guardian of Marie J. Hansen, an incompetent person, of the sum of $2,907.24 as compensation by reason of the death of Louis Hansen, husband of said Marie J. Hansen, against the plaintiff Belle City Malleable Iron Company as employer and the Wisconsin Mutual Liability Company as insurer. The deceased for a long period of years had been employed by the plaintiff employer as millwright-and foreman of the…
1Opinion of the CourtEsci-iweiler, J.
The appellants contend on this appeal, first, that Hansen was not within the course of his employment in entering the burning building where he met his death; second, that the applicant, Marie J. Hansen, was not living with her husband at the time of his death within the provisions of sub. 3 (a), sec. 2394 — 10, Stats.; and lastly, that she was not a dependent upon him within the meaning of the same statute.
We are satisfied that the evidence supports the conclusion of the Commission that at the time of his death Louis Han*297sen was performing service growing out of and incidental to his…
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