Stuart v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff recovered judgment under the workmen’s compensation act for $1,690, and the defendant appeals.

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a laborer in the defendant’s water and light department, and at the time *308of the injury which is the basis of this action the plaintiff was engaged in mixing and carrying mortar to other workmen who were repairing boilers in the defendant’s plant. The other workmen were working about twenty feet above the ground. After mixing the. mortar, the plaintiff carried it in a bucket to a hook on…