Note 19 — Chapter I · INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE
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Dodwell v. Burford, 1 Mod. 24; Hopper v. Reeve, 7 Taunt. 698; Spear v. Chapman, 8 Ir. L. R. 461; Reynolds v. Pierson, 29 Ind. App. 273; Burdick v. Worrall, 4 Barb. 596 (semble); Bull v. Colton, 22 Barb. 94; Clark v. Downing, 55 Vt. 259 Accord. But see Kirland v. State, 43 Ind. 146.
An injury to the clothes on one’s back is a trespass on the person, Regina v. Day, 1 Cox, C. C. 207. So is the removal of an ulster from the plaintiff, Geraty v. Stern, 30 Hun, 426; or seizing anything in the plaintiff’s hand, Scott v. State, 118 Ala. 115; Dyk v. De Young, 35 Ill. App. 138; Steinman v. Baltimore Laundry Co., 109 Md. 62 (semble); Respublica v. De Longchamps, 1 Dall. 111; or cutting a rope connecting the plaintiff with his slave, State v. Davis, 1 Hill (S. C.) 46.