George A. Fuller Co. v. Otis Elevator Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit brought by the petitioner to recover indemnity for a judgment that it had to pay in pursuance of the decision of this.court in George A. Fuller Co. v. MeCloskey, 228 U. S. 194. McCloskey, the plaintiff in the former suit, was injured upon an elevator through the negligence of Locke, the man in charge of it. He was at work for the Mackay Company, which was doing some painting under a subcontract with the defendant, the present petitioner, which, it was held, as between the parties then concerned, made the defendant answerable for Locke. The petitioner had- constructed an office…
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