Yazoo City Transportation Co. v. Smith

Citations

• 78 Miss. 140

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and Servant. Knowledge. Gold.</p> <p>Knowledge of atmospheric conditions and the effect of cold on his own body will he imputed to a servant as well as to this master.</p> <p>2. Same. Incidental dangers. Tfnprecedmted cold.</p> <p>Injuries resulting to a servant from exposure to cold, impose no liability on the master when the cold was unprecedented, and exposure 1o cold not of that character was incidental to the nature of the servant’s employment.</p> <p>3. Same.</p> <p>The act of .1898, p. 85, relating to the liability of corporations to employes for damages resulting from the use of defective appliances, ways, etc., has no application where the injui’y resulted from unprecedented weather.</p>