INTENTIONAL TORTS TO PROPERTY

Question 1

trespass to land

Answer 1

• Physical invasion
• Of the plaintiff’s real property
  The defendant need intend only to enter onto that particular piece of land. The defendant need not know that the land belonged to another.

Question 2

trespass to chattels

Answer 2

• Act by the defendant that interferes with the plaintiff’s right of possession in a chattel
  Intent to trespass isn’t required; intent to do the act of interference is all that is needed. The defendant’s mistaken belief that they own the chattel is no defense