Barlow v. Shawnee Investment Co.

ON the Merits of the Appeal.

With reference to the merits of the case on appeal, it should be said at the outset that “employer, appellant” strenuously contends that “the award against it was rendered without jurisdiction and without sufficient competent evidence to support it.”

We have not failed to keep in mind, not only in ruling on the legality of the appeal but also in deciding the case on the merits, that the employer in this case never elected to come under the provisions of the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Law (Chap. 28, R. S. Mo. 1929). But such employer never filed written notice…