Hunt v. Armour & Co.

This is an action for damages for disability (from rheumatism, arthritis, and neuritis) alleged to have resulted from exposure while plaintiff was working for defendant. Violation of Section 13267, Revised Statutes 1929, is claimed to make defendant liable. Plaintiff had a verdict for $14,000 and defendant has appealed from the judgment entered.

Defendant assigns as error the refusal of its instruction, in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence, directing a verdict at the close of the evidence. Defendant contends that Section 13267, Revised Statutes 1929, is unconstitutional both because of…