HARTIGAN v. BABCOCK & WILCOX CO.

No. 43,390

191 Kan. 331 (1963)

380 P.2d 383

RICHARD T. HARTIGAN, Appellee, v. BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, Respondent, and THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Insurance Carrier, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Croker, of Kansas City, argued the cause and E. M. Boddington, E.M. Boddington, Jr., and N. Jack Brown, all of Kansas City, were with him on the briefs for the appellants.

J.D. Lysaught, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and J.E. Schroeder, Lee E. Weeks, Leonard O. Thomas, Richard Millsap, Robert H. Bingham and Ervin G. Johnston, all of Kansas City, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

JACKSON, J.:

In this workmen's compensation case, the question involved is whether appellee, who was working in Missouri, is covered by the Kansas Workmen's Compensation Act when he was injured in Missouri.

This matter depends on whether the contract of employment was made in Kansas. In G.S. 1949, 44-506, it is provided that an employee is covered by the Kansas Workmen's Compensation Act if the hiring took...

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