Herkey v. Agar Manufacturing Co.

The demurrer in this case raises the question whether an employee may bring an action to recover damages for injuries or is completely barred by the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Laws of 1913, chap. 816, re-enacted and amd. by Laws of 1914, chap. 41). This action is brought to "recover damages for *458personal injury received by the plaintiff in December of 1914 while working for the defendant in its factory. Liability is claimed under the common law. The answer "has pleaded as a separate and complete defense that the defendant has complied with the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act and…