Cole v. Uhlmann Grain Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff obtained a verdict for $35,000. From the judgment entered thereon defendant has appealed.

While working near defendant's grain elevator in North Kansas City, plaintiff was struck by a steel window frame, blown out by a grain explosion therein. His petition alleged general negligence, but plaintiff's evidence tended to show specific negligence in allowing an unusual and dangerous accumulation of dust to remain in the elevator, and in permitting a condition, in one section of the elevator, whereby a bucket continued to strike against…