Mahon v. Burns

The defendant, the owner of a tenement house, contracted with one Nuse to tile the ground floor of his said house.

*224While the work was being done the plaintiff was injured by striking her leg against a beam which was used, in connection with other planking, to protect the newly laid tile.

She brings the action for the injuries sustained by her. The trial- justice dismissed-her complaint.

The tiling of the hallway by defendant was a lawful transaction ; he had a right to give the work to another as contractor, and was not liable for the negligence of the contractor . or his agents. The plaintiff…