Is a right of action assignable?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Piggott Const. v. Sask. Government Insurance, 1985 CanLII 2669 (SK CA):
Defries v. Milne, [1913] 1 Ch. 98, at 109, Farwell, L.J., at 109: “Inasmuch, however, as the question whether such a right of action is assignable has been argued, I propose to express my opinion on it. If the deed had assigned or purported to assign this right of action for tort the assignment would have been invalid because such a right is not assignable.”
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