What is the difference between tort and tort liability in the context of a contract?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nagy v. Venne, 1916 CanLII 187 (SK CA):
In Denham v. Clare, 18 T.L.R. 645, I find the following:— “In cases of tort the liability was somewhat larger than in contract but still it was measured by what might have been reasonably anticipated as probable.”
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