Adams v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.

A question in this ease is certified to us by the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District. The statement and questions are as follows:

“The appellant, J. G. Adams, instituted this suit in the District Court of Johnson County, against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railwav Company, appellee, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him while in its employ as a common laborer. He alleged that he was injured in going down a ladder into a tank car to clean the same; that when he placed his weight upon the ladder one of the sides broke and gave way and caused him…