Mays v. Williams

FINCH, Chief Justice.

This appeal from an award made under the Workmen’s Compensation Act was ordered transferred here under Art. V, § 10, Mo.Const., V.A.M.S., after an opinion by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District. Under that constitutional provision, we determine the case “the same as on original appeal.” We reverse and remand with directions.

Appellant filed a claim for compensation on account of the death of her husband. It alleged that the employer had accepted the Act but did not have insurance to cover his liability. The claim cited § 287.280, RSMo 1959 1 V.A.M.S., as…