Darden v. Robert G. Lassiter & Co.

Stacy, C. J.,

after stating tbe case: Tbe case, witb evidence sufficient to carry it to tbe jury, was tried upon tbe theory that in law tbe defendant was in duty bound, in tbe exercise of ordinary care, to provide, a reasonably safe place for plaintiff’s intestate to work, and to furnish him reasonably safe means and suitable appliances witb wbicb to execute tbe work assigned, subject to tbe limitation that tbe deceased took upon himself, as an employee or servant of tbe defendant, tbe ordinary risks of danger incident to tbe employment, wbicb were obvious or could have been perceived by him…