A wrong ,or a breach of duty, committed by some person as regards some other person, which gives rise to a cause of action at the hands of the injured party. Some of the forms of Torts are as follows: Trespass on Land - The act of entering on the property of another without permission on or invitation from the owner. Trespass of Goods - The improper retention of the property of another. Trespass of Person -Assault, battery, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, etc. Some forms of Pleading in Tort actions are as follows: Dentiue - An action asking for the return of the plaintiff's property or its value. Replevin -Sometimes an article in itself is virtually irreplaceable and an action in replevin demands the return of that particular article. Again if it is not possible to return the article then judgment is given on its value. Distress - Sometimes the goods of another might be held as security even without the actual owner's consent. e.g., Personal property of a tenant may be seized to secure rent. At one time this could only be held as security but it is now possible that in event of the rent due not being paid goods may be sold and the proceeds credited toward the rent. If such goods are improperly held it is said to be wrongful distress. Conversion -The wrongful changing of property to which one is entrusted to one's own personal uses. e.g. A company automobile is taken by the employee and sold and the proceeds used in the personal affairs of the employee. Negligence - Doing something a prudent man would not do or not doing something a prudent man would do, the result of which results in loss by damage or injury. Nuisance - An act unlawfully interfering with the person's use or enjoyment of land including the interference of easements and allowing or causing the escape of obnoxious things on the land of another. Some of the defenses to a Tort action are:(1) The denial or dispute of the alleged torts. (2) Volenti non fit injuria or Scienti non fit injuria. (3) An inevitable accident or an act of God. (4) An act authorized by statue. (5) An act of necessity. (6) An act in defense of one's own property.
