Legal Opinion

State ex rel. London & Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America v. District Court

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 3, 1919No. 21,156PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Upon the relation of the London & Lancashire Indemnity Company of America the supreme court granted its writ of certiorari directed to the district court of Hennepin county and the Honorable William E. Hale, one of the judges thereof, to review the proceedings in that court under the Workmen’s Compensation Act brought by Lena Chambers, widow of Thomas H. Chambers and mother of Marion Chambers, against C. C. Wyman & Company, employer.

1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.

Certiorari to the district court of Hennepin to review its judgment awarding compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for the death of Thomas H. Chambers. The judgment gave compensation against the relator insurance company and the employer and fixed the obligations between themselves of the insurance company and the employer.

Chambers was in the employ of C. C. Wyman & Company of Minneapolis as a traveling solicitor in the grain business. He was killed in North Dakota on May 5, 1917, by the overturning of an auto furnished him by the company and which he was driving. One phase of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. District Court of Hennepin CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
  2. State ex rel. McCarthy Bros. v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Novack v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
  2. Irwin-Neisler & Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Jett v. TurnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  4. Sichterman v. Kent Storage Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Wilhelm v. Angell, Wilhelm & ShreveMichigan Supreme Court · 1931

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