Wood v. Leadbitter

Wood (plaintiff) bought a ticket entitling him to enter Lord Eglintoun's land and remain during horse races. Mid-race, Eglintoun had Wood removed, and his servant Leadbitter (defendant) forcibly did so; Wood sued for assault and false imprisonment, arguing his ticket gave him an irrevocable right to stay for the races. The trial court instructed the jury that Eglintoun could remove Wood for any reason without refunding his ticket price, and the jury found for Leadbitter.

Whether a license to enter land is revocable, in the absence of a grant that authorizes the license holder to remove property from the land.