Causey v. Kansas City Bridge Co.

DORE, Judge.

These two suits were consolidated for trial. The first is on behalf of the widow of Ralph Causey, and the second on behalf of the tutrix of his minor children by a former marriage, to recover compensation under the' Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act No. 20 of 1914, for his death alleged to have resulted from an injury sustained by him in the course of his employment by the defendant.

Both suits are based substantially on the allegations that on November 29, 1937, Ralph Causey was employed by the defendant company as a laborer in the building of the bridge across the Mississippi River…