Hammett v. Nooter Corp

BE'NNICK, Judge.

This is a proceeding under the workmen’s ■compensation law. Sections 287.010 to .287.800 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. The appeal is by the employer and self-insurer, the Nooter Corporation, from the judgment of the circuit court affirming an award of the industrial commission in favor of Charles Hammett, the employee.

The employee was injured on July -23, 1951, at the employer’s plant in the City of St. Louis, and there is no question in this ■court but that his injury was by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

The referee found that the employee had ■suffered a…