How have courts considered the distinction between a tenant and a licensee?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from MacKinnon Estate v. MacKinnon, 2010 ONCA 170 (CanLII):
Cobb v. Lane, decided after Errington, is one such example. The case is useful for present purposes because it is factually similar to the case at hand and it traces the development and refinement of the law that has led to the modern-day distinction between tenancies and licensees.
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