Duncan ex rel. Duncan v. Kansas City Packing Box Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff recovered a judgment under the workmen’s compensation act and the defendant appeals, assigning as the principal errors that the plaintiff did not comply with the terms of the act by requesting any judge of the district court to appoint an arbitrator; that the judgment is erroneous as to the amount because it was stipulated that men in like employment were earning $17.80 prior to the time of the accident, and the jury found that the plaintiff could earn $12 a week, and he is therefore entitled to judgment at most for sixty per…