Fliege v. Kansas City Western Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action by Henry Fliege against the Kansas City Western Railway Company and the General Electric Company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been negligently inflicted upon him by the two companies. The railway company purchased from the electric company a heavy machine, called a rotary converter, which was to be installed at a station on the railway company’s line, and to that end the electric company was to furnish a competent engineer to have charge of the erection and starting of the engine. The…