Abercrombie v. Ivey

ON REHEARING.

Guerry, J.

A ginner, employed by the owner “to operate this engine and these gins, to keep the gins clear and to see that the cotton is properly ginned,” assumes the ordinary risks incident to such work. Such an employee knows, or should know, as well as the master that it is dangerous to place his hand between the breast of the gins and the saws. When the gin becomes clogged, he knows as well as the master that there is danger in removing the motes, or whatever has clogged the gin, by putting his hand between the saws and the breast of the gin, even though the machinery is…