Edward Strang, an Infant, by His Guardian Ad Litem, Ernest W. Strang, and Ernest W. Strang

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the lower courts' judgment, holding that the landowner who possessed the property was liable for negligence because it owed a duty of reasonable care to a child trespasser when a dangerous fire was set by its employee. The court found that the child's presence on the land was foreseeable and that the duty arose from the dangerous agency doctrine.