Burnham v Boyer and Brown     Tort – Joint tortfeasors – Contribution – Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act
1935 (c 30), s 6.
The plaintiff, who was upon the premises of the defendant in circumstances which made him
in law an invitee, fell down a hole. The hole had been left uncovered by the negligence of a
contractor who was carrying out certain work upon the premises, and he was added as a third
party, as the defendant alleged that the contractor was liable to contribute towards the
damages. The damages were agreed at £200 and the action proceeded solely in respect of the
claim for indemnity or contribution by the defendant against the third party:—