Heaton v. Ferrell

STONE, Presiding Judge.

As James W. Heaton, Sr., forty-two years of age, employed by Frank Ferrell d/b/a Ferrell Oil and Coal Company as “manager” of a service station at More-house, Missouri, was returning from his home at Idalia, fifteen miles from his place of employment, during the noon hour on Saturday, December 1, 1956, the Chevrolet pickup owned and driven by Heaton was struck by a Missouri Pacific train at the Hunterville crossing, about seven miles from Morehouse. In this proceeding for benefits under the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Law, the Industrial Commission of Missouri…