Griswold v. City of Wichita

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J. :

This action was brought under the workmen’s compensation law to recover for the benefit of the family of a policeman, who was killed while in the discharge of his duty. The court sustained a demurrer to the petition and the plaintiffs appeal.

Frank Griswold, the deceased, was a captain of the police force of the city of Wichita; he was killed by a pistol shot fired by some person who had broken into a store building in the nighttime, and whom he was attempting to arrest. The amount sued for is $3600, the maximum amount of recovery under the *503w…