Whittington v. Westport Hotel Operating Co.

* NOTE: Opinion filed October 13, 1930; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled December 20, 1930. This is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by plaintiff on August 12, 1925, while working as a carpenter's helper in the construction of the President Hotel in Kansas City. The jury returned a verdict for $20,000 against both defendants, and defendants appealed from the judgment entered thereon.

Hereinafter we speak of the Westport Hotel Operating Company as Westport Company and the George H. Siedhoff Construction Company as Siedhoff Company. Both…