Miller v. Collins

This is an action for damages for personal injuries growing out of the relationship of master and servant. The jury returned a verdict in plaintiff's favor and assessed his damages at the sum of $15,000. After an unsuccessful motion for a new trial, defendant appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

The evidence submitted in plaintiff's behalf warrants the finding that, on November 24, 1924, defendant was engaged in erecting, as general contractor, at 36th Street and Broadway, in Kansas City, a re-enforced concrete building, of the height of eight or ten stories, later known as the…