Does a vendor have to rescind the terms of a contract when the vendor has terminated the contract?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Orr v. Cook, 1922 CanLII 294 (SK CA):
As was said in Zimmer v. Karst, supra, at p. 62: In such a case the vendor is not rescinding the contract at all when he puts an end to it, but is affirming the contract and standing expressly on its provisions.
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