Southern Grocery Stores Inc. v. Cain

Stephens, 3.

1. An occupant of premises, notwithstanding he may have turned them over to an independent contractor for the purpose of being repaired, is not necessarily thereby relieved of the duty, placed upon him by law, to exercise ordinary care to keep the premises safe for a person lawfully coming upon them. Civil Code (1910), § 4420. Where the occupant of premises which are used by him in conducting a retail store in which business is done with'the public, and to which customers lawfully come to trade, has merely permitted the landlord to come thereon for the purpose of making repairs in…