Yarslowitz v. Bienenstock

The plaintiff complains that defendant employed him to work upon a building, representing himself to be the owner or concealing the fact that he was not the owner. The facts alleged in the complaint may be interpreted either way or both ways under the liberal rules applicable in case of demurrer.

Defendant told the plaintiff to go to his (defendant’s) foreman, and plaintiff never knew that he was working on a building owned by some one other than defendant until after his injury. In such case the defendant is liable in the same manner as though he were the principal, and the rule is applied in…