Teague v. Laclede-Christy Clay Products Co.

This is an appeal by an employer and insurer from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis reversing an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission which denied compensation to the dependents of a deceased employee.

Prior to his death the deceased, Cary F. Teague, lived with and maintained his wife and daughter, the claimants, who were totally dependent on him. Teague was in the employ of the Laclede-Christy Clay Products Company as salesman in the States of Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan, having no fixed headquarters, and being free to call upon any customer or prospective…