Sweeny v. Sweeny Tire Stores Co.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, affirming a final award of the Workmen's Compensation Commission.

The claim was filed in due time by Mrs. Ida M. Sweeny, the mother, as the alleged dependent of Clarence A. Sweeny, the deceased employee. The Sweeny Tire Stores Company, of 1501 North Grand Boulevard, in the city of St. Louis, is the employer, and the Hartford Accident Indemnity Company is the insurer.

The death occurred shortly after nine o'clock in the evening of March 9, 1930, the claim alleging that the deceased "was shot and killed in holdup…