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Skelly Oil Co. v. Witty

Skelly Oil Co. v. Witty, 1947 OK 107, 179 P.2d 119
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Court
Supreme Court of Oklahoma · State Highest Courts
Decided
April 1, 1947
Docket
No. 32556
Judges
Hurst, Davison, Riley, Bayless, Welch, Gibson, Arnold
Citations
179 P.2d 1191947 OK 107198 Okla. 3841947 Okla. LEXIS 465
Syllabus
(Syllabus.) 1. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION — Duty of Industrial Commission to make specific findings of fact as well as conclusions of law. It is the duty of the State Industrial. Commission to make specific findings of the ultimate facts responsive to the issues as well as the conclusions of law upon which an order is made granting or denying an award of compensation to a claimant. 2. SAME — Order vacated where findings and conclusions too indefinite for judicial interpretation. Where the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the State Industrial Commission are too indefinite and uncertain for judicial interpretation, this court, on appeal, will vacate the order for further proceedings.

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Opinion of the Court

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PER CURIAM.

This is an original petition filed by Skelly Oil Company to review an award made to claimant, Orville Witty, for compensation for an injury received by claimant while employed by petitioner.

In this case the Industrial Commission found that claimant was engaged in a hazardous employment covered by the Workmen’s Compensation Law, but did not set forth in its order the particular hazardous employment in which claimant was engaged, that is, whether the claimant herein was employed in a wholesale mercantile establishment, transfer or storage, or whether the place ef work constituted a workshop. It is said that claimant was working in the “retail , marketing department” of petitioner, but the record indicates rather vaguely that sales of its products were in sizable bulk to various filling stations, and whether said stations were operated directly by the company, or by lessees or operators or agents, is not clearly discernible from the record.

After a careful consideration of the record herein we are of the opinion that the order of the commission should be vacated and the cause remanded to the commissioh for further proceedings, to the end that the record may be clarified by further evidence, if necessary, and by specific finding of the character of employment found by the commission-to be hazardous. See Corzine v. Compress, 196 Okla. 259 , 164 P. 2d 625 .

Award vacated.

HURST, C.J., DAVISON, V.C.J., and RILEY, BAYLESS, WELCH, GIBSON, and ARNOLD, JJ., concur.

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1948: 21949: 21950: 11959: 119482026peak 1948 · 2

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. McCarthy v. Forbes Painting & Decorating Co.1948 OK 190, 198 P.2d 212
  2. Boen v. State Industrial Commission1949 OK 232, 212 P.2d 457
  3. Special Indemnity Fund v. Knight1948 OK 266, 200 P.2d 766
  4. Roberts v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.1949 OK 27, 205 P.2d 1160
  5. Mansfield v. Industrial Service Co.1950 OK 173, 222 P.2d 373
  6. Cranfill v. JG Beard Estate1959 OK 195, 348 P.2d 506

Most recent

  1. Cranfill v. JG Beard Estate1959 OK 195, 348 P.2d 506
  2. Mansfield v. Industrial Service Co.1950 OK 173, 222 P.2d 373
  3. Boen v. State Industrial Commission1949 OK 232, 212 P.2d 457
  4. Roberts v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.1949 OK 27, 205 P.2d 1160
  5. Special Indemnity Fund v. Knight1948 OK 266, 200 P.2d 766
  6. McCarthy v. Forbes Painting & Decorating Co.1948 OK 190, 198 P.2d 212

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DepthCaseCited by
Corzine v. Traders Compress, 1945 OK 345, 164 P.2d 625 57

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