Martin Snyder, Plaintiff-Respondent v. I. Jay Realty Co., and Arnold Sachs, Isidore Sachs and J. Milton Sachs…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division's decision that the plaintiff was a licensee of the tenant and an invitee of the landlord, so the landlord's duty of reasonable care must be submitted to the jury, and reversed the decision against the tenant, holding the tenant owed no duty to the plaintiff. Justice Burling dissented on the landlord issue and concurred on the tenant issue, while Justices Jacobs and Schettino dissented in part, arguing the plaintiff was a trespasser.