Brooks v. De Soto Oil Co.

Citations

• 100 Miss. 849
• 57 So. 228

Syllabus

<p>1. Declaration. Master and servant. Safe place to work. Injury to servant.</p> <p>In a suit by a servant against the master for failure to furnish a safe place to work a declaration which alleges that the master maintained an unguarded set screw upon a revolving pulley, near which the servant was required to work, by which the servant was injured, was not demurrable, as the master was either negligent as a matter of law or the question of his negligence was one for the jury.</p> <p>2. Master and Servant. Injury to servant. Contributory negligence.</p> <p>A servant is under no duty to examine the machinery about which he is working as he has a right to presume that the master has discharged his duty of furnishing him a safe place in which to work.</p>