Wheaton v. Reiser Company

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal of a workmen’s compensation claim initiated by appellant as the widow and sole dependent of William Albert Wheaton, the deceased workman. The referee allowed death benefits including burial expenses, but on appeal to the Industrial Commission, benefits were denied in an award agreed to by two commissioners, Commissioner Cates dissenting. On appeal to the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, the award of the Industrial Commission was affirmed, and claimant has duly appealed to this court.

Deceased was a painter employed by the Reiser Company and…