Gimple v. Hines

Citations

• 108 Kan. 118
• 193 P. 1072
• 1920 Kan. LEXIS 568

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT. '</p> <p>Compensation Act. — Railroad Operated, by Direetor-general of Railroads —Operated Under Provisions of Workmen’s Compensation Act. While the director-general of railroads was operating the Union Pacific Rail- . road shops in Kansas he was the employer of the workingmen in those shops, and he had power to determine for himself independently whether he would operate those shops under the workmen’s compensation act or not; and since he did not elect to conduct the business of those shops outside its provisions his liability to his injured workmen is governed by the compensation act.</p>