Langdon v. Lawrence Park Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Langdon v. Lawrence Park Realty Co., 254 Pa. 86 (Pa. 1916)
98 A. 777; 1916 Pa. LEXIS 687
Brown, Mestrezat, Moschzisker, Potter, Stewart
Langdon v. Lawrence Park Realty Co.
Opinion of the Court
This judgment is affirmed on the following from the opinion of the court below directing it to be entered: “In our opinion, the contract itself makes Joseph J. Heilman an independent contractor. Defendant company, as owner, did nothing to change the relation established by said contract. Plaintiff had no contractual relations Avith the owner: therefore, his action, if maintainable, is against his employer. It follows that defendant’s point in bar should have been affirmed: hence, the rule should be made absolute.”
Judgment affirmed.
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- Negligence — Master and servant — Injury to employee of inde~ pendent contractor — Liability of owner — Judgment for defendant. In an action against an owner of real estate by an employee of an independent contractor engaged to construct certain buildings thereon, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall resulting from defects in a scaffold erected by the contractor, judgment was properly entered for the defendant non obstante veredicto where it appeared that there was no contractual relation between plaintiff and defendant. Plaintiff’s right to recover, if at all, was against his employer.