Shain v. Idaho State Penitentiary

291 P.2d 870 (1955)

Clark L. SHAIN, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

IDAHO STATE PENITENTIARY and

State Insurance Fund, Defendants-Respondents.

No. 8295.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

December 20, 1955.

Paul S. Boyd, Boise, for appellant.

Graydon W. Smith, Atty. Gen., Glenn A. Coughlan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.

PORTER, Justice.

On September 24, 1950, appellant was incarcerated in the State Penitentiary under sentence for a felony, the sentence being "for a term of not more than five years at hard labor." On May 21, 1952, appellant, while working in the license plate factory at the penitentiary, suffered a…