Foster v. Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Railway Co.

WHITE, J. —

The appeal is from a judgment in the Circuit Court of Platte County March IS, 1927, for $10,000 in favor of plaintiff on account of personal injuries received while employed by the defendant in operating a power station.

The plaintiff operated Sub-Station D in North Kansas City, Clay County. The evidence is conflicting as to his experience with electricity. While he had been in the employ of the company since 1920 at different times and had had several years’ experience, he testified that he was instructed two days in the performance of his duties at the sub-station; that he had no…