State Ex Rel. Superior Mineral Co. v. Hostetter

This is an original proceeding in certiorari, seeking to quash the opinion of the St. Louis Court of Appeals in the case of Jack Woodruff v. Superior Mineral Company and Constitution Indemnity Company, No. 22918, 70 S.W.2d 1104. The case was an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Washington County, which reversed an award of the Workmen's Compensation Commission to Woodruff, of six dollars per week for life for the loss of his right eye. The commission's finding was that Woodruff was working on the premises of the mining company as an independent contractor, and that, under Section…