Can a person who entered a building before entering the building can bring an action for trespass?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Griffin v. Brunton, 1914 CanLII 112 (SK QB):
Also in Wallis v. Hands [1893] 2 Ch. 75, at p. 85, 62 L.J. Ch. 586, it is held by Chitty, J. as settled law that a lessee before entry, having but an interesse termini, cannot bring an action for trespass.
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