State v. Industrial Commission

The University of Wisconsin occupies a large campus in Madison. A portion of the campus is devoted to the activities of the College of Agriculture. The university found it necessary and desirable to construct and maintain roads or drives throughout the campus with sidewalks for persons traveling on foot adjoining many of the drives. Claimant was accustomed to eat his lunch at a restaurant on University avenue and was proceeding thereto on a sidewalk on the southerly side of a road known as “Linden drive” when he was injured.

The statute involved is a portion of sub. (1) (c) of sec. 102.03,…