Holder v. Elms Hotel Co.

In the Circuit Court of Clay County, Missouri, the appellant filed a petition alleging a common-law action for damages for loss of services, companionship and society of his wife, by reason of personal injuries sustained on October 28, 1931, while sbe was employed by respondent. The appellant claimed he was damaged in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.

Respondent’s answer alleged, in substance, that the appellant’s wife was an employee and the respondent an employer within the scope of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Sec. 3299 et seq., R. S. 1929); that if she was injured as alleged,…