direct result of another's activity involving an entry, whether personal or by means of animate (e.g. cattle trespass) or inanimate objects. Intentional invansions are actionable whether resulting in harm or not. Neither the intruder's motive is material nor the fact that his entry actually benefitted the occupier. What is Trespass to Land Trespass to land can therefore be defined as any unjustifiable intrusion by one person upon land in the possession of another. The slightest crossing of the boundary is sufficient to establish a claim. It is therefore trespass to drive a nail into the wall of a neighbour, to grow creeper up another person's wall or to dump rubbish on someone else's land. [page 299 BEARDSMORE, V., and COX, A., Opinion Writing and Drafting in Tort, Cavendish Publishing Limited, 1996]. The Tort of trespass to land can be committed in any of the following ways: (a) Entering on Land the said land being in possession of another person without his permission. The slightest crossing of the boundary of the Plaintiff's land is sufficient: LENTICK v. CARRINGTON [1765] 19 St. Tr. 1030, 1066; ASHBY v. WHITE (1703) 87 ER 810; (b) Remaining in such land possessed by another after permission or right to be therein has ceased or expired. KODILINYE, G., at page 179 gives an example, X enters Y's land lawfully, X remains there after his right of entry has come to an end; (c) Causing something else [eg a stick, an iron bar, a dog, water percolating,
74 etc] to enter into the land possessed by another. Read: KODILINYE, G. who states that it is trespass to place any material object on the land of another or
