Szwed v. Morris Co.

Defendant operates a meat packing establishment in the State of Kansas and plaintiff was engaged in its service in that State and while so engaged was injured, as he alleges, through defendant’s negligence. He brought this action for damages and recovered judgment in the trial court.

Plaintiff’s employment was that of icing refrigerator cars (putting ice in them) used by defendant in shipping meats. His work was on top of the cars and. the mode of his work was to push a large bucket filled with ice and swinging from a rail by which it was conveyed along the cars by pushing. In pushing one…