Clingan v. Carthage Ice & Cold Storage Co.

Action under the State Workmen’s Compensation Act. The State Workmen’s Compensation Commission made an award to respondents as partial dependents of James Madison Cling-an, their son, who was killed while in the employment of the Carthage Ice & Cold Storage Company. From this award the defendants appealed to the circuit court of Jasper county. That court affirmed the award and defendants then appealed to this court.

The evidence taken before the Commission was all offered by the claimants and shows substantially the following facts: The claimants are husband and wife living in Carthage,…