What is the difference between trespass and trespass in the common law?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from King v. Bailey, 1900 CanLII 24 (ON CA):

I do not think any argument can be founded on the ancient form of the action, for trespass and case were both adopted indiscriminately: Chamberlain v. Hazlewood (1839), 5 M. & W. 515.

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