Stephens v. Kansas City Gas Company

Action for $25,000 damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of defendants, hereinafter referred to as Gas Company and Insurance Company. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $8,000 against the Gas Company, but found for the Insurance Company. Judgment was entered on the verdict. Plaintiff and the Gas Company have appealed.

Plaintiff was employed as a porter in a barbershop in the basement of the Grand Avenue Temple Building, a 12 story office building located at Ninth and Grand Avenue in Kansas City. While engaged about his work,…