Wims v. Hercules Contracting Co.

This is a proceeding under the Workmen's Compensation Law (Secs. 3299-3376, R.S. Mo. 1929 [Mo. St. Ann., secs. 3299-3376, pp. 8229-8294]), the appeal being by the employer and insurer from the judgment of the circuit court affirming the award of the commission, and involving the question of the power of the commission to have ordered, as a part of its award, that a portion of the death benefit awarded to the dependent widow of the deceased employee should be commuted and paid in a lump sum to her attorneys as a fee for the services rendered by them in her behalf in connection with the…