Southwestern Portland Cement Co. v. McBrayer
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; James R. Harper, Judge. Action by E. E. McBrayer against the Southwestern Portland Cement Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
8224 Writ of error denied by Supreme Court. This was a suit by the appellee, as plaintiff, alleging in substance that, while working for appellant (defendant below) as a carpenter, he was injured by the breaking of a ladder furnished by the defendant which was defective and which defendant had failed to fully inspect. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appealed.
The defendant pleaded that the ladder used by appellee was an ordinary ladder, its construction and condition obvious to any one using same, and plaintiff as a carpenter was so familiar with ladders that no duty of…
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