Ovett Land & Lumber Co. v. Adams

Citations

• 109 Miss. 740
• 69 So. 499

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant.. Injury to servant. Contributory 'negligence. Proximate cause.</p> <p>Where the master provided a perfectly safe contrivance to operate its machinery, and instead of using the safe means provided, plaintiff, an employee, undertook to stop the machinery by pressing his foot on a rapidly moving belt. This act of his was the proximate and sole cause of his injury and in such case plaintiff cannot recover.</p>