Estate of Allen v. Mullins

This cause was certified to the Supreme Court because the decision rendered therein by the Kansas City Court of Appeals is deemed contrary to a previous decision of the St. Louis Court of Appeals rendered in the case of Tittman v. Edwards, 27 Mo. App. 492.

It appears from the record that on March 30', 1922, Charles G. Allen, a fireman in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, died intestate from injuries received the next previous day while engaged in interstate commerce on that road. His wife * predeceased him and his three minor children were kept in the home of his…