What is the test for determining when a contract is to be signed?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Municipal Construction Co. v. City of Regina, 1912 CanLII 155 (SK QB):
In Taylor v. Brown, 9 L.J. Ch. 14, the Master of the Rolls said:— Where the time is not of the essence of the contract, where the contract is to be performed within a time which is not defined, and there be any unnecessary delay by one party, the other has a right to limit the time.
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