Miller v. Pillsbury

Fred Miller, petitioner herein, applied to the respondents constituting the Industrial Accident Board of the state of California, to hear his application concerning compensation for injuries received by said Miller in the course of his duties as an employee of the state. The board refused to hear said application upon the ground that the state is not an employer bound by the provisions of the “Employers’ Liability Act.” (Stats. 1911, p. 796.) An alternative writ of mandate was issued in which the board was required to hear Miller’s application or to show cause why such action should not be…