Fitzmaurice v. Fabian

Citations

• 147 Pa. 199
• 23 A. 444
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 813

Syllabus

<p>Contractors — Liability for injuries to strangers.</p> <p>A contractor for work on real estate after he has delivered the property to its owner, is not liable to strangers for injuries caused by the negligent manner in which the work was done: Curtin v. Somerset, 140 Pa. 70, followed.</p> <p>Negligence — Injury occurring after delivery of property by contractor.</p> <p>Defendant contracted to clean a privy well for the owners. All the work was done on July 1, 1885, and he rendered his bill therefor and was paid. In cleaning the well the contractor’s workmen removed some of the boards which had formed its roof, and when they had finished their work, neglected to replace them. The boards thus removed were left to lie upon the roof, and some thirteen months thereafter one of them fell down and injured the plaintiff, a little child, as she was leaving the privy. Held, that the plaintiff could not recover.</p>