FELLO  W-SER  VANTS.     SuiUble  Kaehlnery.  ete.
2.  To  keep  Machinery  and  Appliances  in  Repair, — It  is  the  duty
of  a  master,  not  only  in  the  first  instance  to  make  reasonable  efiForts
to  supply  his  employees  safe  and  suitable  machinery,  tools,  etc.,
but  also  thereafter  to  make  like  efforts  to  keep  such  machinery,
etc.,  in  safe  and  serviceable  condition ;  and  to  that  end  he  must
make  all  needed  inspections  and  examinations.  ^


-opened  it  had  been  so  instructed  by  the
foreman.  Held^  that  the  action  was  not
maintainable,  as  the  injury  was  caused  by
the  negligence  of  a  co-employee ;  that  the
location  of  the  trap-door  in  the  passage-
way was  not  per  se  a  wrongful  act;  that
defendants  had  a  right  to  place  it  there,
and  were  not  bound  to  change  the  ar-
rangement to  secure  greater  safety  to
their  employees,  and  that  plaintiff  took
the  risk  of  the  obvious  dangers  connected
with  his  employment.  Anthony  v,  Lee-
Tet,  105  N.  Y.  5gi.
1.  The  person  performing  this  duty  is
not  a  fellow-servant.  Northern  Pac.  R.
Co.  V.  Herbert, 1 16  U.  S.  642;  s.  c,  24  Am.
A  Eng.  Rf  R.  Cas.  407;  Solomon  R.  Co.
■z/.  Jones.  30  Kan.  601 ;  s.  c,  15  Am.  &  Eng.
R.  R.  Cas.  201;  Gunter  v.  Graniteville
Mfg.  Co.,  18  S.  Car.  262;  Frazier  v,  Penn-
sylvania Co.,  38  Pa.  St.  104;  Warner  v.
