Wood v. Sloan
New Mexico Supreme Court
Error to District Court, Santa Eé County; Abbott, Judge. Action by J. II. Sloan against J. B. Wood and another, copartners- doing business as the Wood-Davis Hardware Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Defendants were independent contractors who had completed and turned over their work to the owner, by whom it had been accepted, and therefore were not liable to third persons for injuries resulting from alleged defects in the. work.
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Error to District Court, Santa Eé County; Abbott, Judge. Action by J. II. Sloan against J. B. Wood and another, copartners- doing business as the Wood-Davis Hardware Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Defendants were independent contractors who had completed and turned over their work to the owner, by whom it had been accepted, and therefore were not liable to third persons for injuries resulting from alleged defects in the. work. Thompson on Neg., 686, and cases cited; Whart. on Neg. (2nd Ed.), p. 439; Memphis. A. & P. Co. v. Fleming, 132 S. W. (Ark.) 222; 23 A. &…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
PARKER, J.
— -The defendant in error will be referred to as plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error as defendants, as they were situated in the court below.
One Jennie Schaeffer was the owner of an office building-in the city of Santa Fé, and had employed defendants to install a stationary washstand, and to connect the same with the waterworks system of the city, which was done, and the work accepted by the owner. During said time plaintiff was the tenant of the owner, and maintained his office for the practice of his profession of physician and surgeon in the room where the…
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- Thomas v. . WinchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
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- Schubert v. J. R. Clark Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Bishop v. WeberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Curtin v. SomersetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
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