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Trespass and trespass on the case, or "case", began as personal remedies in the royal courts in London in the 13th century. These early forms of trespass reflected a wide range of wrongs. In 1278, however, the Statute of Gloucester was passed. This limited actions in the royal courts to property damage worth above 40 shillings, maims, beatings ...
Scott v. Shepherd 96 Eng. Rep. 525 (K.B. 1773), commonly known as the "flying squib case", is an important English tort law case on remoteness and the principle of novus actus interveniens as it related to the division in law between trespass and "action on the case". [1]
Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person (see below), trespass to chattels, and trespass to land. Trespass to the person historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, wounding, mayhem (or maiming), and false imprisonment. [ 1 ]
Trespass in English law is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to goods, and trespass to land.. Trespass to the person comes in three variants: assault, which is "to act in such a way that the claimant believes he is about to be attacked"; [1] battery, "the intentional and direct application of force to another person"; [2] and false ...
Pages in category "New York (state) state case law" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Rutgers v. Waddington was a case held in the New York City Mayor's Court in 1784 that centered on a conflict between state law and a United States treaty.It is notable for having set precedents for judicial review [1] [2] and the supremacy of treaties over state laws, [3] which would later influence the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Aug. 28—WATERTOWN — A homeless man was arrested Thursday in Watertown in connection with separate trespassing and assault cases, according to city police. Detective Sgt. Joseph A. Giaquinto ...
Owners Assn. v. City of New York, 16 NY2d 267, 269; Forest Hills Corp v. Kowler, 80 AD2d 630; Forrest Hills Corp. v. Baroth, 147 Misc. 2d 404. In the event that the defiant guilty intruder is an unknown stranger in an act of malfeasance, a landowner or lawful occupant may choose to invoke his statutory right to "arrest" the intruder and to hold ...