McClain v. Kansas City Bridge Co.

This case was certified to this court by the Kansas City Court of Appeals because of a conflict between the decision of that court and a previous decision of the Springfield Court of Appeals in Pfister v. Bagdett Construction Co. (Mo. App.), 65 S. W. (2d) 137.

Charles McClain, deceased, lost his life on February 28, 1933, through an accident, arising out of and in the course of his employment by appellant Kansas City Bridge Company by falling into the Missouri River and drowning. At the time of his death he was working on a pile driver which was mounted on a boat anchored in the Missouri…