Wolf v. Cudahy Packing Co.

Citations

• 105 Kan. 317
• 182 P. 395
• 1919 Kan. LEXIS 77

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Compensation Act — Injuries—Release—Mutual Mistake. There was evidence that tended to show a mutual mistake of fact.</p> <p>2. Same — Citizens of Germany — May Sue Under Compensation Act. A citizen of Germany, who came to this country in 1885 and then took out his first naturalization papers, which were subsequently destroyed by fire, and who, previous to and at the time of the declaration of war with Germany, was working for one of the packing-house companies of Kansas City, and who immediately after that declaration was, by the federal authorities, given a permit to reside in the packing-house district, and to work for the packing house, is not declared to be an alien enemy by the act of congress of October 6, 1917 (Stat. of U. S., 65th Congress, 1st Session, 1917 [40 U. S. Stat. at Large], ch. 106, § 2), and is entitled to prosecute an action under the workmen’s compensation act of this state.</p>