Ex Parte Harper

This is a common-law writ of certiorari to review the decree of the circuit court in a cause brought under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Gen. Acts 1919, pp. 206-239.

The facts set up by the pleading are that defendants, Guy V. and Caine O'Rear, were engaged in operating a coal mine near Carbon Hill, and that petitioner, on August 27, 1921, while performing his duties in and about the mine, wrenched, sprained, or strained his back, of which fact he failed to notify defendants for the reason, as stated in the complaint, he was informed by defendants' physician that he was suffering from kidney…