STATE v. STRAUGHAN

No. 11063.

108 S.E.2d 565 (1959)

STATE ex rel. Melvin MYERS v. C. N. STRAUGHAN, State Compensation Commissioner.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis D. Meisel, Fairmont, for relator.

C. R. Nutter, St. Albans, John S. Holy, Charleston, for respondent.


BROWNING, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus in this Court in which the petitioner, Melvin Myers, seeks a writ to compel the respondent, C. N. Straughan, State Compensation Commissioner, to make an award of compensation to him upon the basis of total and permanent disability. This proceeding was submitted for decision upon the petition, the demurrer and answer of the respondent Straughan and briefs and oral arguments of the attorneys for the petitioner...

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