Isnard v. Edgar Zinc Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

The appellant was engaged in 1902, at Cherryvale, Kan., in the smelting of zinc from ores, and employed in and about the business natural gas, owned and operated its own gas plant, and had a number of accessory enterprises and a number of buildings for different parts of its work. It appears from the evidence that part of this business was manufacturing condensers and tile, and that it had a building for that special purpose. The building was one story high above the basement, which was five and one-half or six feet deep, and the building was…