Jolliff v. Kansas City Western Railway Co.

Citations

• 88 Kan. 758
• 129 P. 1178
• 1913 Kan. LEXIS 415

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Personal Injuries—Darkness—Electric Lights—Contributory Negligence. An employee can not recover for injuries received in consequence of the place where he was at work being too dark, where sufficient electric lights were provided, and he, knowing of the location and use of the switch, omitted to turn them on.</p> <p>2. - Finding of No Evidence—Effect. Where it is essential to a plaintiff’s case that he prove certain electric lights to have been out because they were in bad condition, and not merely because they were not turned on, a finding that there was no evidence to show why they were not burning is fatal to a recovery.</p>