Ryan's neighbor,Nick,is away on a week-long tour.Ryan sees smoke rising from Nick's house one day and,fearing a possible outbreak of fire,breaks in through the front door only to find that the smoke was from outside and not from within the house as he had thought.In this case,Ryan can avail the defense of _____.

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In what we would broadly label emergency situations,one may intentionally commit a tort and yet be excused.In this scenario,since Ryan broke into Nick's house with the intention of putting out a fire,Ryan can avail the defense of necessity in a court of law,if sued for trespassing.

Ryan's Neighbor,Nick,is Away on a Week-Long Tour