Bachman v. Meyer

Citations

• 49 Cal. 220

Syllabus

<p>Conditional Liability on a Contact.—If the owners of swamp land in a district, contract to pay certain persons stipulated amounts of money to be expended in building a levee, to reclaim the district, and such persons employ another to build the levee at a certain price per cubic yard, and stipulate that they are not to be personally liable unless they fail to use due diligence in collecting the money, the person so employed cannot recover for his labor, without showing a want of diligence in collecting the money from the owners of the land.</p>