Mack v. . Marshall Field Co.

Both of the appealing defendants assign as error the refusal of the court to sustain their motions for judgment as in case of nonsuit made when the plaintiff had introduced her evidence and rested her case and renewed when all of the evidence was in. C. S., 567.

The Southeastern Construction Company was an independent contractor and J. L. Coe was an independent contractor. Hence, Marshall Field & Company was in no wise liable for the negligence of either of them, and was liable only for such of its own negligence, if any, as contributed to the death of the plaintiff’s intestate. It is alleged…