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Effect of predicating a claim for damages for trespass on a relief of a declaration of title to land
Effect of proof of a better title on a claim of trespass
Elements that must be proved to sustain an action for trespass to land
Instances where the title of the plaintiff is put in issue when he sues for trespass
Meaning of trespass to land
Nature of burden on the trespasser where the plaintiff proves effective possession of the land
Nature of possession required to maintain an action in trespass
Nature of possession which must be proved to succeed in an action for trespass
Need for identity of land to be proved in an action in trespass
Need for the plaintiff to prove direct invasion of his land by the defendant
Onus of proof in trespass
Position of the law where the defendant admits that he has land adjoining the land alleged to have been trespassed
Position of the law where the defendant pleads ownership in an action for trespass
Possession as the basis of an action in trespass
The law as to trespass
The main fact which a plaintiff in an action for trespass must prove
The principle that trespass is actionable at the suit of the person in possession of the land
The principle that trespass to land is actionable at the instance of the person in possession
The principle that where two trespassers are contesting the right to possess and occupy land, the court must protect the trespasser who first went into possession
The rule that a person in possession can successfully maintain an action for trespass against the whole world except the person proved to be the true owner
The rule that in awarding damages for trespass to land, regard should be had to the acreage of the land on which the trespass was committed, the period of wrongful occupation and the damage caused.
The rule that the area allegedly trespassed upon and made the subject-matter of the action must be identified with certainty
The rule that trespass is an action against possessory interest and not ownership
The rule that trespass to land is actionable per se
What a defendant to an action for trespass in land who sets up title to land as his defence must prove
What a plaintiff in an action for trespass must prove where the defendant pleads ownership
What a plaintiff needs to prove in an action in trespass to land
What a plaintiff suing for trespass must prove where the defendant is in possession
What trespass to land entails
When a trespasser can maintain an action in trespass
When land can be made the subject-matter of an action for trespass in Akim Abuakwa
Whether all persons who are in physical possession of land should be made defendants in an action for trespass
Whether a part suing for trespass to land must clearly define his boundary
Whether a party can succeed in an action for trespass without identification of the land alleged to have been trespassed upon
Whether a party who enters into land he did not pay for is in trespass
Whether a person who enters land under an authority and subsequently abuses or denies that authority is considered a trespasser
Whether a plan of the land alleged to have been trespassed is indispensable
Whether assertion of title to land, without entry upon the land, constitutes trespass
Whether a trespasser has agreement with anybody to be declared to be in breach of its terms
Whether chasing out somebody from a land constitutes a claim for trespass on land
Whether damages for trespass to land are at large
Whether proof of possession is sufficient to maintain an action for trespass
Whether the court will protect a trespasser who ousts a person in possession
Whether the passing of poles through a person's land constitutes trespass
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