In what circumstances will a landlord be found liable for the destruction of a tenant's home by fire?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Paul v. Currah and Phillip, 1919 CanLII 144 (SK QB):
In an early case in New Brunswick, Upton v. Pingree, 7 N.B.R. 186, the jury were directed that to render a tenant liable for the destruction by fire of the landlord’s buildings demised to him the defendant must be guilty of gross negligence, and on appeal this was held a proper direction.
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