Woodman v. Howell

Citations

• 45 Ill. 367

Syllabus

<p>1. Trespass—assault and battery. There is no rule of law that gives a person, not having a special irrevokable license, the right to enter and con tinue upon the premises of another when requested to depart.</p> <p>3. A man has no right to go into or upon the premises of another, even if it be his business office, store, workshop, factory or other place of business, when the owner shall have forbidden him.</p> <p>3. Where a person enters the premises of another, and is requested to depart, but refuses so to do, the owner may eject him without incurring a liability for trespass, provided he uses no more force than is reasonably necessary for that purpose.</p>