Noland v. George Tatum Mercantile Co.

COIL, Commissioner.

In this workmen’s compensation case, employer and insurer have appealed from a judgment affirming the order of the industrial commission awarding claimant compensation for permanent total disability and other benefits. We have jurisdiction because the record affirmatively shows that the amount in dispute, exclusive of costs and irrespective of all contingencies, exceeds $7,500. Article 5, Section 3, Constitution of Missouri, 1945, V.A.M.S.

There are two questions: whether the work respondent was doing when injured was casual employment within the meaning of the Workmen’s…