Burneson v. Zumwalt Company

This is an appeal from a judgment for $15,000 for personal injuries in an action brought by respondent (plaintiff) under the third party section of the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Act, Section 3309, R. S. ’29, Sec. 3309, Mo. St. Ann., p. 8244. [Now Section 3699, R. S. ’39.] The parties will be referred to as they were styled in the trial court.

Plaintiff was a carpenter foreman employed by the J. E. Williams Construction Company, which company was the general contractor in the erection of a building in the City of St. Louis for the G. C. Kirn Advertising Sign Company. Defendant Zumwalt…