Colegrove v. Smith

Citations

• 3 Cal. Unrep. 874
• 33 P. 115
• 1893 Cal. LEXIS 1145

Syllabus

<p>Independent Contractors—Liability for Negligence.—Where a person obtains from a city, by ordinance, license to lay pipes along its streets, he will be liable for injuries resulting from the negligent manner in which such work is done, even though the work is not done by himself, but by an independent contractor employed by him for that purpose.</p>