a. legal Wrong committed pon the person or property independent of: con-, tract. It may be either (1) a direct invasion of some legal right of the individual;. (2): the infraction of some public duty by which: special damage accrues to the individual; (&); the violation of some private obligation:-by: which like damage accrues to the individual. Inthe former case, no special damage is necessary. to:entitle the party to reeover. Im the two latter cases, such damage is necessary.’