What is the authority for the following: "Under a contract to cut and deliver hay the hay is at the contractor's risk"?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brieskorn v. Richardson, 1949 CanLII 143 (SK QB):
I have been referred to Webber v. Copeman (1912) 1912 CanLII 200 (SK QB), 2 WWR 882, 5 Sask LR 262, 21 WLR 961. This case is authority for the following: “Under a contract to cut and deliver hay the hay is at the contractor’s risk.”
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