White v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson,.J.:

The plaintiff was given judgment under the workmen’s compensation act against the defendant, who was his employer. Plaintiff’s injuries were occasioned through a mischievous prank perpetrated .upon him by some of his fellow workmen. They fastened an electrically charged wire to an iron door on the defendant’s premises. Plaintiff had to *91pass through this door when his day’s work was done and when he had washed and dressed to go home. On touching the gate plaintiff was severely shocked and more or less permanently injured.

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