Hanson v. Hall

Defendants are held liable because their acts were intentional and wilful, but it cannot be said that they did any illegal or wrongful act. intentionally or wilfully. Unless we can say that their acts were negligent or wrongful, liability is being imposed solely because of their state of mind, however lawful their acts may have been. Intentional and wilful acts may be lawful as well as unlawful. There is danger in the use of adjectives. By characterizing an act as wilful, intentional, or as a search, a threat, and so on, there is danger of attaching to it meanings and implications not…