Davis v. Industrial Commission

LARSON, Chief Justice.

The Commission of Finance and an employer have applied to this court for a writ of certiorari to review an industrial compensation case involving the interpretation or application of the statutory provision concerning lump sum payments as provided by Section 42-1-73 of the Utah Code Annotated.

There is no dispute as to the facts. On April 11, 1945, Ross T. Smith, while in the employ of Ray Davis, was killed in a mine explosion in Uintah County, Utah. Compensation insurance was carried by the State Insurance Fund. The jurisdictional facts were stipulated. On this…