Hohlstein Ex Rel. Hohlstein v. St. Louis Roofing Co.

This is an appeal to the Supreme Court taken by the defendants, employer and insurer respectively, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, affirming an award of the Workmen's Compensation Commission in favor of the guardian of the employee, William Hohlstein, Jr.

He was a roofer by trade and while he was working for the defendant St. Louis Roofing Company, he fell from a roof in St. Louis, on March 29, 1927. It was not disputed that he received serious permanent injuries to his arms and legs from the fall and that these injuries were by accident arising out of and in the…