State Ex Rel. Probst v. Haid

This is a proceeding in certiorari to quash the opinion of the St. Louis Court of Appeals in Probst v. St. Louis Basket Box Company, 52 S.W.2d 501. The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of the circuit court and remanded the cause with directions to enter judgment affirming an award of the Workmen's Compensation Commission, denying compensation. The action of the Commission and the circuit court is stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals as follows:

"The commissioner who originally heard the claim denied compensation on the ground that `the claimant failed to prove that the accident…