Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Thompson

A person whose only business was that of an officer of a private corporation undertook to construct for himself a building to be used as his residence. He employed certain persons to supervise the construction, paid for all material and labor, and at spare times would go out to see the work, but took no part in the building operations. He obtained from an insurance company a policy of insurance affording certain protection for his employees and certain protection for himself in relation to liability to his employees for personal injuries. One of his employees sustained an injury causing…