Court Opinion

ID: 9791685
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:16:00.951573+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:37.912148
License: Public Domain

ELLETT, Justice
(concurring in the result).
I concur in the result and in connection therewith wish to state that in my opinion an architect has no duty with reference to the manner in which the contractor performs his work. The architect represents the owner, and his duty is to see that the construction is in accordance with the plans and specifications and is safe for the use for which it is intended. He has no right to shut down a job because he may think there is a better way to dig a ditch or to shingle a roof than that chosen by the contractor. The Industrial Commission has an interest in laborers and a duty to see that they have a safe place to work,1 but that is not a function of an architect.
TUCKETT, J., dissents.
CROCKETT, C. J., having disqualified himself, does not participate herein.

. Section 35-1-12, U.C.A.1953.