What is the meaning of the word "building" in the language of The City Act?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hodge v. City of Moose Jaw, 1925 CanLII 89 (SK QB):
In interpreting the clause of The City Act above quoted, the word “building” as used in its ordinary language, comprises not only the fabric of the building, but also the land on which it stands. Bishop of Vancouver Island v. City of Victoria 1921 CanLII 568 (UK JCPC), [1921] 2 A.C. 384, 90 L.J.P.C. 213, [1921] 3 W.W.R. 214.
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