Principle Any direct physical interference with goods in somebody rsquo s possession without la...........

Legal Concepts Law of Torts

Principle: Any direct physical interference with goods in somebody’s possession without lawful justification is called trespass of goods.

Facts: Z purchased a car from a person who had no title to it and sent it to a garage for repair. X believing wrongly that the car was his, removed it from the garage.

X can be held responsible for trespass of goods

X cannot be held responsible for trespass of goods as he was under a wrong belief.

X has not committed any wrong.

None of the above.

Explanation:

X can be held responsible since he had no lawful justification for removing the car from the garage.
An incorrect presumption is not the same thing as legal justification.
Further removal from possession is sufficient to commit a tort