Carter v. State Department of Social Welfare

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This appeal is from an order of the district court dismissing the appeal of the State Department of Social Welfare from an award entered by the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner for lack of prosecution.

The parties were before this court in 1959 (Carter v. State Department of Social Welfare, 184 Kan. 825, 339 E. 2d 5).

The pertinent facts of this record are summarized: On June 2, 1958, the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner made an award of temporary total disability in favor of the claimant appellee, Mary Carter.

On June 13, 1958, the State…