Roper v. Industrial Commission

This is a mandamus proceeding brought in the district court of Pueblo county against the insurer of an employer under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Colorado. The petitioner sought to compel payment of an amount which he alleged to be due under a certain “rule of procedure” adopted by the Industrial Commission in 1928, but now superseded. The court declined to issue the writ, and the petitioner asks for a reversal.

The controversy has been before us at a previous stage. Industrial Commission v. Roper, 91 Colo. 125, 12 P. (2d) 349. That was a proceeding* for review under the procedure…