State, Ex Rel. v. Ind. Com.

In this original action in mandamus the relator, Clinton Ramsey, seeks an order requiring the Industrial Commission to compensate him for 60 square inches of his skin which he furnished to John Ramsey. The case is submitted upon petition, answer, reply and the file of the Industrial Commission covering John Ramsey's claim for compensation on account of an accidental injury.

Undisputed facts are that on November 7, 1940, John Ramsey, son of the relator, sustained severe leg burns due to an explosion while in the regular course of his employment by a contributor to the state insurance fund. He…