What is the tort of trespass to land?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dewberry Financial Limited v. Weishaar, 2009 ABQB 692 (CanLII):
The tort of trespass to land is commonly defined as “entering upon, remaining upon or placing or projecting any object upon land that is in the possession of another without lawful justification”: Lim v. Titov, [1997] A.J. No. 957, 208 A.R. 338 at para. 15.
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