Torts Mindmap: Trespass

Types of Trespass

Trespass to Land, Trespass to Chattels, Conversion

Trespass to Land (with a corresponding case)

Privilege to be on land when doing so will prevent substantial harm to you or your chattels or third party (Ruiz and Kovalak)

T or F: Trespass to Land is a privilege that does not necessarily prevent you from having to pay damages

True

What is considered Trespass to Chattels

• Dispossessing another of the chattel, or

• Using or intermeddling with a chattel in the possession of another

When do you have a privilege to commit trespass to chattels?

When you are keeping the chattel off your property

What is Conversion?

An intentional tort consisting of “taking with the intent of exercising over the chattel an ownership inconsistent with the real owner’s right to possession.”