J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. v. Dinwiddie

The appellant company appeals from a judgment in appellee’s favor in the sum of $4,225. The judgment was awarded as damages for personal injuries suffered by appellee in a fall from a ladder affixed to an oil derrick owned and operated by the Petroleum Company. In his petition appellee alleged that the ladder had been improperly and negligently constructed and maintained. To appellee’s petition the appellant answered by a general denial, pleas of contributory negligence, and assumed risk. Appellant also pleaded a legal settlement with the appellee. The case was submitted to a jury upon…