Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. v. Davis

1. No liability attaches to a master for personal injuries to a servant caused by defects in a machine furnished by the master to the servant where it appears that the servant knew or possessed equal means with the master of knowing of the defect and could by the exercise of ordinary care have discovered it. Civil Code (1910), § 3131.

2. This was a suit for damages for personal injuries received by an employee, caused by the “ back firing ” of a Eord automobile, which had been furnished to the employee by the employer to be used by the employee in his work as salesman for the employer,…