State, Ex Rel. v. Indus. Comm.

This is an original action in this court for a writ of mandamus to require the Industrial Commission to grant the relator a hearing upon an application for rehearing of his claim for compensation. Issue was made by petition and answer. The essential facts are not in dispute.

The relator sustained an injury August 1, 1929, while working for the Wheeling Steel Corporation, a self-insuring employer, and he was paid compensation for varying degrees of disability to April 27, 1933. Thereafter the Industrial Commission, on a review of relator's claim, based upon a special report of its medical…