Corpora v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This case had its inception in a compensation award made to the plaintiff for a fatal injury to her husband, who was an employee of defendant, a street railway company in Kansas City.

From the award allowed by the commissioner the defendant invoked its statutory right of appeal to the district court, where the cause was tried upon the record. The district court set aside the award and on April 20,1929, gave judgment for defendant, pursuant to its finding, which reads:

“Upon examination of the record the court finds as a matter of law that the…