Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXVI. Statutory Actions and Torts § 537.230. Action against mining operator for wrongful death of employee--amount--limitation

Whenever any cause of action shall accrue to any agent or servant of any person, company or corporation operating a mine or mines in this state under sections 537.180 to 537.210, and death shall ensue to such agent or servant by reason of the negligence provided for in said sections, the cause of action shall survive in favor of the widow and minor children of the deceased; provided, that action therefor shall be brought by the widow within six months after such death, and if she shall fail to bring such action then within twelve months after such death by such minor children; and provided further, that recovery in case of such death shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars.