State Ex Rel. Burkhard v. Superior Court

This is an original mandamus action initiated by the relator for a writ of mandate requiring the superior court of Clark county to set aside an order and judgment dismissing an appeal, taken by a workman, from an order of the joint board of the department of labor and industries. In open court, however, counsel stipulated that the petition may be considered as one for a writ of certiorari. We shall consider it as such.

As disclosed by the record, the facts are these: During the month of December, 1936, relator, an employee of the Crown Zellerbach Corporation, was living and working in Clallam…