Daegling v. Gilmore

Citations

• 49 Ill. 248

Syllabus

<p>1. Negligence—liability of contractor—from negligence of his superior, A contractor employed to do the brick work upon a building, under the plan and direction of an architect, as an agent of the owner, can not be held liable for the acts either of the architect or the owner.</p> <p>2. Same—liability of the contractor. In such case, the contractor, working under the plans and direction of the architect, only undertakes that his work shall be skillful and workmanlike, and can only be held liable for its sufficiency.</p> <p>S. Same—contractor not liable for architect’s negligence. And if the contractor performs his work with skill and in a workmanlike manner, under the direction of the architect, and in accordance with his plan, he can not be held answerable in damages, for an accident which occurs from the falling of the building, where such accident was the result of a defect in the plan of the architect, not known to the contractor.</p>