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Belcourt Construction Co. v. Roger Marchand Ltée

[1989] 1 SCR 1593 Court SCC Decision date 1989-06-21 Docket 20655 English

PartiesBelcourt Construction Co. Appellant·Roger Marchand Limitée Respondent

Judges Lamer, Antonio; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret

Decision 4–1 Majority (4) · Lamer J. (1)

On appeal from Quebec

Subjects Contract

Contents

Majority

English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by

Lamer J.

Lamer J. ‑‑ We are all of the same view as Montgomery J.A. of the Court of Appeal. For the reasons he gave, we allow the appeal and order Roger Marchand Limitée to pay Belcourt Construction Co. the sum of $138,056.55, with interest, as well as the indemnity provided for in art. 1078.1 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada from April 13, 1985, and costs throughout.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Adessky Kingstone, Montréal.
Solicitors for the respondent: Leduc, LeBel, Montréal.