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Mullen v. Mitchell

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Apr 12, 1921
197 P. 171 (Okla. 1921)

Opinion

No. 11627

Opinion Filed April 12, 1921.

(Syllabus.)

1. Appeal and Error — Failure to File Briefs — Dismissal.

Where no briefs are filed, as required by rule 7 of this court (47 Okla. vi), the appeal will be dismissed for want or prosecution.

2. Master and Servant — Workmen's Compensation Law — Review of Questions of Fact.

Under the provisions of section 10, ch. 14, Workmen's Compensation Act (Laws 1919), the decision of the State Industrial Commission is final as to all questions of fact, and this court is not authorized to weigh the evidence upon which any finding of fact is based.

Original Suit in the Supreme Court Appealing From an Award of the State Industrial Commission.

Petition filed by W.P. Mullen seeking to set aside an award made by the State Industrial Commission In favor of James L. Mitchell. Dismissed.

A.W. Harries, for petitioner.

R.E. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Wyatt Waldrep, for respondents.


This suit was instituted in this court by the petitioner, seeking a reversal of an order of the State Industrial Commission, awarding to the respondent James L. Mitchell compensation computed from April 11, 1920, at the rate of $18 per week for a period of 100 weeks, or until the total of $1,800 hall been paid, for the loss of one eye while in the employ of the petitioner.

The petitioner has failed to file brief as required by rule 7 of this court (47 Okla. VI), and no reason is given for his failure to file the same, and for this reason the appeal should be dismissed under the authority of Blanlot v. Carbon Coal Co., 76 Okla. 16, 183 P. 880.

Furthermore, the petitioner contends that the evidence is insufficient to show that the respondent Mitchell suffered the loss of an eye. The commission found as a fact that he did suffer such loss, and its decision on all questions of fact is final. Section 10, ch. 14, Sess. Laws 1919; Board of Com'rs of Cleveland Co. v. Barr et al., 68 Oklahoma, 173 P. 206; Choetaw Portland Cement Co. v. Lamb et al., 79 Okla. 109, 189 P. 750; Stephenson v. State Industrial Commission et al., 79 Okla. 228, 192 P. 580; Raulerson v. State Industrial Commission, 76 Okla. 8, 183 P. 880.

Therefore, this suit is hereby dismissed.

HARRISON, C. J., and PITCHFORD, McNEILL, and ELTING, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Mullen v. Mitchell

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Apr 12, 1921
197 P. 171 (Okla. 1921)
Case details for

Mullen v. Mitchell

Case Details

Full title:MULLEN v. MITCHELL et al

Court:Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Date published: Apr 12, 1921

Citations

197 P. 171 (Okla. 1921)
81 Okla. 201

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