Alamo Oil & Refining Co. v. Richards

Appellee sued appellant to recover damages arising from injuries inflicted on him by the giving way of the round or step of a ladder furnished him by appellant. The latter pleaded assumed risk and contributory negligence on the part of appel-lee. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee in the sum of $10,000.

Appellee, while in discharge of his duties as an employe of appellant, was descending a ladder furnished by appellant, and one of the rungs or rounds of the ladder came loose at one end and precipitated appellee to the floor of the room, in which he was working, and…