Caldwell v. Carroll

I cannot make plainer my views of this case than I have done in my dissenting opinion, and for the reasons therein stated I dissent from the order refusing the petition for a rehearing.

I am unwilling to believe that the Court fully comprehends the unlimited degree to which the opinion in this case has extended the liability of a county; it far exceeds in extent any decision that has heretofore been rendered by this or any other Court; in my opinion, it is subversive of the settled principles affecting the liability of an owner for the negligence of an independent contractor or his agents and…