State, Ex Rel. v. Indus. Comm.

This is an original action in mandamus instituted in this court. The cause was heard upon the petition, the amended answer, and the reply thereto.

The petition alleges that on March 13, 1924, one Clarence Upperman was employed as laborer by one George A. Muth, who, at the time of Upperman's injury, was an employer of three or more workmen regularly in the same business. The employer had not complied with the Workmen's Compensation Law in respect to the payment of premiums, was not a subscriber to the state insurance fund, nor had he elected to pay compensation direct. The relatrix, who was the…