State Ex Rel. Missouri Gravel Co. v. Missouri Workmen's Compensation Commission

This is an original proceeding in this court by mmdamus, wherein it is sought by relators (the employer and insurer), to compel the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Commission to allow an appeal to the Circuit Court of Pike County directly from an order of that Commission commuting into a lump sum a weekly award of $14.03, allowed the widow for the death of her husband, an employee.

The facts are substantially as follows:

Following the death of her husband, the widow duly presented her claim to the Workmen’s Compensation Commission, and, on December 19, 1935, the referee entered an award finding…