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Old 02-10-2009, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel View Post
I think a claim for false imprisonment may exist even if they were trespassing. I may be wrong, but I think the preferred action to take against trespassers is to eject them OR call the police. I don't think detaining trespassers is looked on particularly favorably.
Kevin is much better qualified to speak to this in the abstract, but you very well may be right . . . in the OP's case, though, every other source I have notes that trespass is not an issue, as it wasn't on his owned property.
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