Hicks ex rel. Hicks v. Swift & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Oliver Hicks, while in the employ of Swift & Company, received an injury on account of which he recovered a judgment under the workmen’s compensation act, and the defendant appeals. It was the duty of the plaintiff under his employment to drive a truck for the delivery of meat from the packing house of the defendant, in Kansas City, Kan., to its customers in that city and in Kansas City, Mo. He was injured by a box of meat falling on him while he was attempting to make a delivery at 1005 East Twelfth street, in Kansas City, Mo., several miles…