Bass v. Weber-King Mfg. Co.

The plaintiffs are the widow and minor children of Mose J. Bass, who died in September, 1927, from injuries received while performing services under his employment by the respondent Weber-King Manufacturing Company, Inc. They brought this suit in the district court for compensation under the provisions of the Employers’ Liability Act and were awarded judgment for $20 a week for 300 weeks and $150 for funeral expenses. This judgment was annulled by the Court of Appeal, which sustained defend ant’s exception of no cause of action based on the contention that at the time Hose J. Bass died there…