State Ex Rel. Boone County Coal Corp. v. Davis

Riley, Judge:

The State of West Virginia at the relation of Boone County Coal Corporation, a corporation, in this original proceeding in mandamus seeks to command the defendant, C. S. Davis, Director of Employment Security, to fix relator’s rate of contribution to the unemployment compensation fund for the calendar year 1949 at 0.7 per cent of its payroll, and to accept settlement for the year 1949 on such basis.

This case, having been submitted to the Court on relat- or’s petition, respondent’s answer, and relator’s demurrer to the answer, involves no disputed question of fact.

The relator,…