Greene v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.

Mitchell, I.

If a servant, before he enters a service, knows, or afterwards discovers, that the instrumentalities furnished for his use ■are defective, and understands, or by exercise of ordinary observation ■ought to understand, the risks to which he is thereby exposed, and ifv notwithstanding such knowledge, he, without objection, and without ■any promise on the part of the employer that such defects will be remedied, enters or continues in such service, he cannot recover for injuries resulting therefrom, but will be deemed to have assumed all the risks of the employment thus known.…