Barnett v. United Kansas Portland Cement Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Montgomery district court; Thomas J. Flannelly, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
*720The opinion of the court was delivered by
Porter, J.:
The plaintiff was injured while in the •employ of the defendant as a common laborer, and sued to recover damages. The defendant was operating a steam shovel loading shale upon cars for transportation to its mill. The machine stands upon a surface track like that of a railroad. The track is raised or lowered or shifted from side to side in the shale pit as occasion requires by means of steel jack screws, one at either end of the machine. The superstructure or the revolving part of the machine consists of the house in which the operator is…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Coffeyville Vitrified Brick & Tile Co. v. ShanksSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
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