Racine County v. Industrial Commission

The deceased was in the service of Racine county as a supervising teacher of rural schools. Both she and the county were subject to the workmen’s compensation act. The only question litigated is whether at the time of the accident resulting in her death the deceased was “performing services growing out of and incidental to her employment.”

In the performance of her 'duties as supervising teacher the deceased used her own automobile. At about 10:45 in the night of April 23, 1931, her automobile was found on its side in the Fox river. The automobile tracks indicated that it ran off the highway…