Polston v. Ready Made Homes, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, C. J.:

This was a workmen’s compensation case. The claimant, James K. Polston, had been employed as a carpenter for about three years by the respondent, Ready Made Homes, Inc., which was building residences in and near Pittsburg, Kansas. He was 58 years of age. On the 28th day of September, 1949, he was laying oak flooring when a nail glanced off his hammer and struck his left eye. Before the examiner of the workmen’s compensation commission the parties stipulated that the relationship of employer and workman existed at the time of the alleged…