Langrell v. Harrington

Richards, Judge.

The question raised by the demurrer is, whether one who orders work to be done on his premises from which it is natural to expect that injurious consequences will result, unless some means are adopted to prevent such consequences, can relieve himself from responsibility for injury or damage to the premises of another resulting from such work, by leaving it entirely to the person by whom such work is to be done, to do what is necessary to prevent such injury or damage.

The defendant contends that the work of tearing down, removing and leveling the walls of his said theatre was…