...England provides that the principal shall be liable to pay to any workman employed in the execution of work, "any compensation under this act which he would...that workman had been immediately employed by him." The Compensation Act of California provides that the principal must pay "any compensation which the...

...principal shall be liable to pay to any workman employed in the execution of any such work the compensation which he would have been liable to pay if that workman had been immediately employed by him, where the immediate employer has failed to provide protection under the Act for such workman. 5. Section...

...person (in this section referred to as the contractor) for the execution by or under the contractor of the whole or any part of the work undertaken by the...that workman had been immediately employed by him. * * * This section shall not apply to any case where the accident occurred elsewhere than on, in or...

...such principal-contractor, the principal contractor shall be liable to pay to any employee employed in the work any compensation under this act which he would have been liable to pay if the employee had been immediately employed by him; and where compensation is claimed from or proceedings...