LAKE v. MIDWEST PACKING COMPANY

No. 45440.

301 S.W.2d 834 (1957)

Ester Lucille LAKE, Widow, and Lawrence Edward Lake and Carol Leon Lake, Children of Deceased, Respondents, v. MIDWEST PACKING COMPANY, Inc., Employer, and Continental Casualty Company, Insurer, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 2.

May 13, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren D. Welliver, Columbia, for appellants. Alexander, Welliver & Wayland, Columbia, of counsel, for appellants.

Charles A. Powell, Jr., Macon, for respondents.


BOHLING, Commissioner.

The employer, Midwest Packing Co., Inc., and insurer, Continental Casualty Company, appeal from a judgment affirming an award under the Workmen's Compensation Act to the widow and minor children of John G. Lake, the employee, of $12,000 for the death and $371.36 for the funeral expenses of the husband and father.

The employer operates a dead animal rendering business near Macon, Missouri. John G. Lake was the employer's "cut-up man"...

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