Vaseleou v. St. Louis Realty & Securities Co.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County affirming the award of the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Commission in awarding compensation for the death of John H. Miller to his widow and his adopted daughter, Jacqueline Miller. The award was as follows: To the widow, Philipene Vaseleou, the sum of $150 for burial expenses and the sum of $20 a week for 12 1/7 weeks (to the date of her remarriage), and to Philipene Vaseleou, as curatrix of the estate of Jacqueline Miller, a minor, the sum of $20 a week for 372 16/35 weeks.

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