What is the effect of Rylands v Fletcher v Fletcher on the use of real property?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from United Motors Service, Inc. v. Hutson et al., 1936 CanLII 10 (ON CA):
The whole matter, I am satisfied, is in a condition of flux and uncertainty and it is not yet clear whether the rule of Rylands v. Fletcher is only an example of a wider principle or whether it is a rule that is to be confined to the use made of real property.
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