Anchor Casualty Co. v. Wise

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This was an action to prohibit and enjoin the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner of the State of Kansas from proceeding with a claim for compensation filed by an injured workman. From an order overruling his demurrer to the petition the Commissioner has appealed.

The factual background as alleged in the petition is this:

Plaintiff is a foreign insurance corporation. Defendant is the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner of the State of Kansas, hereinafter referred to as the Commissioner.

In June, 1950, one Wyers, hereinafter referred to as the…