Yazoo & M. V. R. v. Perkins

Citations

• 108 Miss. 111
• 66 So. 273

Syllabus

<p>. Master and Servant. Injuries to servant. Contributory negligence. Safe place to work.</p> <p>While it is the -duty of the master to provide a reasonably safe place for the servant to do his work, and this duty is nondeligable, yet, when the servant is, himself, doing the work for his own safety, and neglects to take the simplest precaution to insure his own safety, which he could do without violating his general instructions, his failure to take the precaution- is his own neglect, and not the master’s, and in case of injury in such case the master is not liable.</p>