BOOTH FISHERIES v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.

No. 313.

271 U.S. 208 (1926)

BOOTH FISHERIES COMPANY ET AL. v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. Schneider for plaintiffs in error.

Messrs. Herman L. Ekern, Attorney General of Wisconsin, and Winfield W. Gilman were on the brief, for defendant in error Industrial Commission of Wisconsin.

Mr. Lynn D. Jaseph for defendant in error, Mary McLaughlin.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a suit begun in the Circuit Court of Dane County, Wisconsin, to review and set aside the findings and award under the Wisconsin Workman's Compensation Act of a death benefit in favor of Mary McLaughlin as widow of William McLaughlin, against his employer, the Booth Fisheries Company, and that company's surety, the Zurich General Accident & Liability Company.

The petition avers that the...

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