Stork v. Philadelphia

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Stork v. Philadelphia, 199 Pa. 462 (Pa. 1901)
49 A. 236; 1901 Pa. LEXIS 634
Brown, Fell, Mestrezat, Mitchell, Potter

Stork v. Philadelphia

Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Mitchell,

The undisputed evidence shows that the city not only retained the right to determine when any underpinning or shoring up of foundations should be done (such work being the subject of extra compensation to the contractor), but did in fact refuse or neglect to authorize the shoring up of plaintiff’s house when the excavation was first made. This omission was the negligence complained of as the cause of the injury. There was evidence, therefore, on which the case must have gone to the jury, and under the agreement of the parties, the court was right in entering judgment for the plaintiff.

Judgment affirmed.

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Negligence—Independent contractor—Retention of control. Where work is confided to an independent contractor who is to be responsible for all injuries caused by negligence, the principal will nevertheless be liable to a third party injured, if he not only retains the right to control the work in certain respects, but actually exercises control in the matter from which the injury arose.