Baker v. Barber Asphalt Pav. Co.

PHILIPS, District Judge.

This is an action by the surviving wife of Wells H. Baker to recover damages for the death of her husband, occasioned by the alleged negligent act of the defendant company. The action grows out of the following state of facts, briefly stated: The defendant company, engaged in the construction of asphalt pavements at Kansas City, maintained a storage room for material used in its business. This storage building was surrounded by a high board fence, and access to the platform of this building, from which the materials were loaded into the wagons for conveyance therefrom,…