Case List for "Torts and Consumer protection Act" JGLS Sem 1 Year 1

Poggi v. Scott

Topic: Trespass to Land and Chattel
Facts: A landlord sold barrels belonging to the tenant, mistakenly believing they were empty.
Held: Intentional interference with another's property constitutes trespass to chattel, even if done in good faith.

Courvoisier v. Raymond

Topic: Defenses to Intentional Torts
Facts: A shopkeeper mistakenly shot a police officer while defending his property from rioters.
Held: Reasonable belief in imminent danger justifies the use of self-defense, even if mistaken.

Vosburg v. Putney

Topic: Trespass to person
Facts- Little boy innocently kicks another little boy during school causing injury
Holding- Intention to harm is not required in battery, intention to act is enough

Letang v Cooper

Topic: Trespass to person
Facts: A driver accidentally ran over a woman sunbathing on a parking lot.
Held: Intentional torts require deliberate actions, not negligence.

Fowler v Lanning

Topic: Trespass to person
Facts: The plaintiff alleged the defendant shot him without specifying intent or negligence.
Held: The burden is on the claimant to prove intent for intentional torts.

Cole v Turner

Topic: Trespass to person
Facts: A scuffle led to minimal physical contact between parties.
Held: The slightest hostile touch can constitute battery.

Wilkinson v Downton

Topic: Trespass to person
Facts: A prank falsely informed a woman that her husband was severely injured, causing her shock.
Held: Deliberate acts intended to cause harm, even indirectly, can be actionable.

Murray v Ministry of Defence

Topic: Trespass to person
Facts: A woman was detained by soldiers without physical contact during a lawful arrest.
Held: Physical contact is unnecessary for false imprisonment if freedom of movement is restricted.

Dougherty v. Stepp

Topic: Trespass to Land and Chattel
Facts: The defendant entered the plaintiff's land without causing any physical damage.
Held: Every unauthorized entry onto another's land is a trespass, regardless of harm caused.

Hudson v. Craft

Topic: Defenses to Intentional Torts
Facts: A Man was injured in an unlicensed boxing match as a fighter.
Held: Consent to an illegal act is not a valid defense for the organizer.

McGuire v. Almy

Topic: Defenses to Intentional Torts
Facts: A nurse was injured by a mentally ill patient during a violent outburst.
Held: Mental incapacity is not a defense to intentional torts if the individual can form intent.

Bird v. Holbrook

Topic: Defenses to Intentional Torts
Facts: A spring gun injured a trespasser unaware of its presence on private property.
Held: Property owners cannot use excessive force to protect property without warning.

Kirby v. Foster

Topic: Defenses to Intentional Torts
Facts: An employer used force to recover wages he believed were unlawfully retained by the employee.
Held: If one has entrusted his property to another, who afterwards, honestly though erroneously, claims it as his own, the owner has no right to retake it by force.

Ploof v. Putnam

Topic: Defenses to Intentional Torts
Facts: A ship owner moored to a private dock during a storm, and the dock owner's employee unmoored it, causing damage.
Held: Necessity justified the trespass, and the dock owner was liable for the resulting harm. Necessity will justify entries upon land and interferences with personal property that would otherwise have been trespass. master is liable for acts of his servant if in course of his employment(Vicarious liability)

Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co.

Topic: Trespass to Land and Chattel
Facts: A dock was damaged when a ship remained moored during a storm to protect the vessel.
Held: Necessity justified the trespass but required compensation for damage caused.