Butner v. L. W. Hayes Construction Co.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Missouri, affirming an award made by Workmen’s Compensation Commission. The claim was filed by H. E. Butner on the 11th day of April, 1932, who was injured-on the 5th day of December, 1931, while in the employ of the L. W. Hayes Construction Company. The Commission awarded the sum of $12.34 per week for 400 weeks and in due course the case has reached this court on joint appeal of the employer and its insurer, The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York.

The evidence tends to disclose that the L. W. Hayes…