Neil is building a new home. Jasper is neil’s contractor. The plans for the new house require that a fence on the edge of neil’s property be torn down because the new house will extend ten feet beyond the fence. Jasper tears down the fence and starts marking out the framework for the foundation of the new house. Neil’s neighbor, jasmine, sues neil and jasper for trespass to property because that land is actually jasmine’s property, a fact that neil knew all along. Can both neil and jasper be held liable for trespass to property?.
