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PRINCIPLE: Any direct physical interference with the goods in somebody's possession without lawful justification is called trespass to goods.

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

DECIDE.

A

X can be held responsible for trespass to goods.

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X cannot be held responsible for trespass to good as he was under a wrong belief.

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X has not committed any wrong.

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None of the above.

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The correct option is B X can be held responsible for trespass to goods.
Trespass to goods means wrongful interference with the goods in possession of another. It is an wrongful act punishable under tort.
In the above case X removing the car (which does not belong to him) can be held responsible for trespass to goods.

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