Religious and Charitable Organizations

Conversion Table Wis. 2d or Wis. to N.W. 2d or N.W.

119. Wilson v. Evangelical Lutheran Church, 202 Wis. 111, 113 (1930): "The chapter referred to [Ch. 101] makes no exceptions of religious or charitable corporations and there appears to us to be no reason why it does not apply to a place of worship maintained by a religious corporation. More appropriate language to express that intention could scarcely be employed."; Jaeger v. Evang. Luth. Holy Ghost Cong., 219 Wis. 209, 211 (1935); Zimmers v. St. Sebastian's Cong., 258 Wis. 496 (1951); Wright v. St. Mary's Hospital, 265 Wis. 502 (1953); Grabinski v. St. Francis Hospital, 266 Wis. 339, 342 (1954); Harnett v. St. Mary's Congregation, 271 Wis. 603, 607 (1956); Watry v. Carmelite Sisters, 274 Wis. 415, 417 (1957); Hintz v. Zion Evang. U. B. Church, 13 Wis. 2d 439 (1961). Other cases involving religious or charitable organizations are Waldman v. Young Men's Christian Asso., 227 Wis. 43 (1938); Bauhs v. St. James Congregation, 255 Wis. 108 (1949); Hanlon v. St. Francis Seminary, 264 Wis. 603 (1953); Baldwin v. St. Peter's Congregation, 264 Wis. 626 (1953); Meyers v. St. Bernard's Congregation, 268 Wis. 285 (1954); Mlynarski v. St. Rita's Cong., 31 Wis. 2d 54, 57 (1966).

120. Waldman v. Young Men's Christian Asso., 227 Wis. 43, 46 (1938): "... Since the section includes within the definition of 'place of employment' only places where any 'industry, trade or business, is carried on' and 'where any person is directly or indirectly, employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit,' it does not apply to the premises here involved. The Young Men's Christian Association is a religious and charitable institution, and that portion of its building in which the accident happened is devoted to ... charitable purposes ..."; Grabinski v. St. Francis Hospital, 266 Wis. 339, 342 (1954): "... Defendant is not an employer as defined in the safe-place statute, nor is its hospital such a place of employment as referred to therein." See Chapter 2, footnote 6.