Legal Opinion · Dissent

Eckhardt v. Industrial Commission

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 14, 1943Published

1DissentFowleR, J.

{dissenting). The evidence in this case is entirely without dispute and upon that evidence every ultimate finding of the commission, all which are treated by the opinion as findings of fact, is erroneous as matter of law because entirely unsupported by the evidence' — just as a finding of a jury without any support in the evidence is erroneous as matter of law. Certainly, a finding of fact of the commission is of no greater force or effect than a finding of fact by a 'jury.

The opinion of the court entirely ignores the basic undis-putable fact that the plaintiff was performing a service for…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bitker Cloak & Suit Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1942

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