Koonse v. Standard Steel Works Co.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff recovered a,yerdict and judgment in the sum of $6000 and defendant has appealed.

The facts show that plaintiff, a man forty-one years of age, was on September 13, 1925, and ever since the previous January or February had been, employed by the defendant as a night watchman and janitor in its factory in North Kansas City. His hours were from six o’clock at night to six o’clock in the morning. His first duty when he came to work was to “punch a clock.” A clock was carried by him on a strap around his neck; there were four keys which were…