Salter v. Roan

Quillian, Chief Judge.

This is an action alleging negligence against a father to recover for property damage inflicted by his minor son.

The undisputed facts are that the appellant father came home from work one evening, placed the contents of his pockets, including a cigarette lighter, on the kitchen counter and went into the bathroom to take a shower. A short time later his five-year-old son came into the bathroom and told appellant to come and see what he had done. Appellant followed the child into a bedroom and found that the boy had started a fire in either the bed or the window drapes…