Coursey v. Industrial Commission

This action was mandamus to compel the Industrial Commission to enforce an award in favor of Coursey against the Victor American Fuel Company. A demurrer to the alternative writ was sustained and the cause dismissed. The petitioner brings error.

The alternative writ stated that an award had been made; that the employer, a self-insurer, refuses to comply; yet the commission refused to enforce it. It is conceded that the claimant has no lawful way to enforce his award except by action of the commission. He is as much entitled to the enforcement of his award as a judgment creditor is to an…