Duff v. St. Louis Mining & Milling Corp.

This case was reassigned to the writer under Rule 2.07 on January 29, 1953. It is an appeal from a circuit court judgment, approving a final award of compensation by the Industrial Commission, in favor of the widow and minor child of Jess Duff, deceased employee of St. Louis Mining and Milling Corporation. The Springfield Court of Appeals affirmed (Duff v. St. Louis Mining and Milling Corp., 245 S. W. (2d) 472) and on March 10, 1952 we transferred the case upon application of the employer.

Duff was oiling machinery in his employer’s mill before 8:00 A. M. when operations were to begin. There…