What is the difference between tort and tort liability in the context of a motor vehicle accident?

Saskatchewan, Canada


The following excerpt is from Nagy v. Venne, 1916 CanLII 155 (SK CA):

In Dunham 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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