Contractor
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
One who enters into a contract
Generally used of those who undertake to do public work or tbe work for a company or corporation on a large scale, or to lurnjsh goods to another at a fixed or ascertained price.
2 Pard. n. 300. Sec Sullivan v. Johns, 5 Wbart. (Pa.) 366; Mason v. U. S., 14 Ct. CI. 59; Neal v. U. S., Id. 280; Merriam v. U. S., id. 289; Carr v. U. s., 13 Ct. CI. 136; Denver Pacific Ry. Co. v. U. S., id. 392.
As to liability of a party for tbe neirligeuce of a contractor employed by him, see Independent Contractor,