Outagamie County v. Village of Iola

This was an action under sec. 49.03 (8a), Stats., to recover the supi of $191.90 for relief furnished Merlin Meunier during the period from December, 1936, to December, 1938, inclusive, it being the theory of the plaintiff, Outagamie county, that during this period Meunier had a legal settlement in the village of Iola, Waupaca county. Sec. 49.03 (8a) commits the prosecution of such claims exclusively to the industrial commission. However, without amending the text of sec. 49.03 (8a), the legislature, by ch. 435, Laws of 1939, has transferred the functions of the industrial commission under…