Lively v. State Compensation Commissioner

Woods, Judge:

This appeal is prosecuted from the action of the compensation commissioner in refusing an award on the ground that the disability was not proven to be due to an injury received in the course of and resulting from claimant’s employment.

At the outset, the commissioner questions the court’s jurisdiction in the premises. He points out that the claim, being based on sis weeks’ disability, can in no event exceed $80.00 (Code 1931, 23-4-5&6), and is, therefore, not appeal-able. Constitution W. Va., Art. VIII, sec. 3. Jurisdiction over appeals provided for in the compensation act (Code…