 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1200 pages
...a contractor or not is to ascertain whether he renders the service in the course of an independent occupation, representing the will of his employer...and not as to the means by which it is accomplished. On this question the contract under which the work has been done must speak conclusively in each case,... | |
 | Law - 1884 - 542 pages
...service, in thecourse of an occupation, representing the will of the employer only as to the result of the work, and not as to the means by which it is accomplished, it is an independent employment." But certainly, in the case under consideration, Florence was the subordinate of the defendant in nothing... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1164 pages
...509, 66 NW 776, and other cases. An independent contractor represents the will of his employer only in the result of his work, and not as to the means by which it is accomplished. 1 Thompson on Neg. § 022. ble by retaining the right to direct and control the time and manner of... | |
 | Law - 1886 - 932 pages
...a contractor or not is to ascertain whether he renders the service in the course of an independent occupation, representing the will of his employer...and not as to the means by which it is accomplished. Shear. & R. Neg. § 76. In Blake v. Ferris, 5 NY 58, within the rule last stated, it is held that when... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 912 pages
...in the course of an occupation, representing the will of the employer only as to the result of the work and not as to the means by which it is accomplished, it is an independent employment." But certainly, in the case under consideration, Florence was the subordinate of the defendant in nothing... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 1050 pages
...Servant [2d Ed.] 503 ; 26 Cyc. 10S4), or as stated by Shearman & Redfield on Neg. § 74: "If one renders service in the course of an occupation, representing...is accomplished, it is an independent employment." It is only necessary to cite in further support from among our own cases Harrison v. Collins, 86 Pa.... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 968 pages
...a contractor or not is to ascertain whether he renders the service in the course of an independent occupation, representing the will of his employer...and not as to the means by which it is accomplished. Shearm. & Redf. Neg., § 76. In Blake v. Ferris, 5 NY 48, 58; 8. c., 55 Am. Dec. 304, within the rule... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 956 pages
...servant. • * * If one renders service in the course of an occupation, representing the will of bis employer only as to the result of his work, and not...is accomplished, it is an independent employment." Speaking on the question here Involved In McColllgan v. Penna. R, R. Co., 214 Pa. 229, 63 AU. 792,... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 926 pages
...adverted to to the contract as proved, we think it follows that Stevenson was an independent contractor, representing the will of his employer only as to the...result of his work, and not as to the means by which he was to accomplish it. The case of DeForrest \. Wright, 2 Mich. 368, illustrates the principle underlying... | |
 | Law - 1886 - 646 pages
...a cont> actor or not is to ascertain whether he renders the service in the course of an independent occupation, 'representing the will of his employer only as to the result of his work, and not as to them eans by which it is accomplished. Shearin. & Redf. Negligence. §76. In Blake v. Ferris, 5 NY... | |
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The test to determine whether one who renders service to another does so as a contractor or not is to ascertain whether he renders the service in the course of an independent occupation, representing the will of his employer only as to the result of his... 
