Harrel v. Quiring

The opinion of the court” was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one for compensation for accidental injury received while doing work connected with the putting up of *250a monument at a grave in a cemetery. A demurrer was sustained to plaintiff’s evidence, and he appeals.

Defendant operates a plant in Wichita in which blocks and slabs of stone, marble and granite are cut, shaped, dressed, polished, lettered, and otherwise prepared for setting up as tombstones and graveyard monuments. Defendant has also built two mausoleums. The plant constitutes a factory, as that term is used in the workmen’s…