UHLRIG v. SHORTT

No. 43,833

194 Kan. 68 (1964)

397 P.2d 321

CARL UHLRIG, Appellant, v. JAMES C. SHORTT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 12, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Wright, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Harold E. Doherty; Ernest J. Rice, and James E. Benfer, all of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

John W. Brookens, of Westmoreland, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARKER, C.J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff's evidence in an action by a farm hand to recover damages for the loss of an eye.

The facts, which are not in serious dispute, will be related at some length.

Plaintiff was sixty-one years of age at the time of the accident. He was an experienced farm hand, having worked as a farm laborer and filling silos since he was...

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