Statutes which forbid an employe to agree to assume certain risks which the law places upon the employer are valid.1

1 Oonsidine v. Ins. Co., 165 Mass. 462: 43 N. E. 201.

2 Orient Ins. Co. v. Daggs, 172 U. S. 557; affirming Daggs v. Ins. Co., 136 Mo. 382; 58 Am. St. Rep. 638; 35 L. R. A. 227; 38 S. W. 85; Havens v. Ins. Co., 123 Mo. 403; 45 Am. St. Rep. 570; 26 L. R. A. 107; 27 S. W. 718; Ins. Co. v. Leslie, 47 O. S. 409; 9 L. R. A. 45; 24 N. E. 1072; Ins. Co. v. Bachler, 44 Neb. 549; 62 N. W. 911; Ins. Co. v. Bean, 42 Neb. 537; 47 Am. St. Rep. 711; 60 N. W. 907; Dugger v. Ins. Co., 95 Tenn. 245; 28 L. R. A. 796; 32 S. W. 5; Phoenix Ins. Co. v. Levy, 12 Tex. Civ. App. 45; 33 S. W. 992; Reilly v. Ins. Co., 43 Wis. 449; 28 Am. Rep. 552; Assurance Co. v. Meyer, 9 Tex. Civ. App. 7; 29 S. W. 93.

3 John Hancock, etc., Ins. Co. v. Warren, 181 U. S. 73; affirming 59

O. S. 45; 51 N, E. 546; see Sec. 150.

4 Knights' Templars', etc., Co. v. Jarman, 104 Fed. 638; 44 C. C. A. 93; affirming Jarman v. Indemnity Co., 95 Fed. 70.

5 Dupuy v. Ins. Co., 63 Fed. 680.

6 Karnes v. Ins. Co., 144 Mo. 413; 46 S. W. 166; and see to the same effect, Small v. Ins. Co., 51 Fed. 789; Massachusetts, etc., Co. v. Hale, 96 Ga. 802; 23 S. E. 849; North American Ins. Co. v. Brim, 111 Ind. 281; 12 N. E. 315; Dol-bier v. Ins. Co., 67 Me. 180; Johnson v. Ins. Co., 1 N. D. 167; 45 N. W. 799.

7 Christie v. Ins. Co., 82 la. 360; 48 N. W. 94.

1 Groves v. Wimbornc (1898), 2 Q. B. 402; Baddeley v. Earl Granville, L. R. 19 Q. B. Div. 423; Nar-ramore v. Ry., 96 Fed. 298; 48 L. R. A. 68; 37 C. C. A. 499: Davis

Statutes forbidding a corporation to make contracts with its employes whereby they agree in case of personal injury and they will either insist on their claims for personal injury and waive all right to aid from relief insurance, or will accept relief from the relief department of such corporation and waive claims for personal injuries are generally held invalid.2