Houfburg v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co. of Maine

*542HOLMAN, Commissioner.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, Holland Houfburg (respondent) on September 21, 1949, while he was in the performance of his duties as an employee of Producers Commission Association at the Kansas City Stockyards. He obtained a verdict and •judgment for $50,000 against the defendants Kansas City Stock Yards Company and Melvin F. Hart, its maintenance supervisor. The defendants have duly appealed.

For about two months prior to the accident plaintiff had worked for Producers as a yardman. His duties included the yard-ing, handling and…