Harris v. Mentes-Williams Co., Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wacheneeud, J.

The infant plaintiff, through his guardian ad litem, sues to recover damages for injuries sustained in an accident occurring on October 19, 1951. His father sues per quod.

The defendant, a contractor, was using a bulldozer to excavate and grade a lot owned by the St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, immediately adjacent to the Echo Lake Public School in West Milford Township. The child, six years of age, attended the school and on the day in question, Some time during recess, after being excused by his teacher, fell into the excavation made…