Wright v. Carter

This is an original proceeding in mandamus in this court whereby the petitioner seeks a writ against the respondent, the State Auditor of the state of Oklahoma, requiring and compelling him to issue warrants to the petitioner upon proper presentation of claims by the petitioner.

The' basis of the claim herein of the petitioner is that, while he was imprisoned in the penitentiary at McAlester for the commission of an offense against the laws of the state of Oklahoma, he received an accidental personal injury from falling down an elevator shaft; that the Thirteenth Legislature, by Joint…