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Avrith v. Laval (City)

[1991] 3 SCR 137 Court SCC Decision date 1991-10-10 Docket 21716 English

PartiesCity of Laval Appellant·Henry Avrith and Philip Avrith Respondents

Judges Lamer, Antonio; La Forest, Gérard V.; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret

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

On appeal from Quebec

Subjects Expropriation

Contents

Majority

English version of the judgment of the Court delivered orally by

Lamer C.J.

Lamer C.J. -- It will not be necessary to hear from you. In view of the fact that the respondents, through the fault of the appellant, were misled regarding the existence and the nature of their rights, as determined by the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal and for the reasons handed down by this Court in Oznaga v. Société d'exploitation des loteries et courses du Québec, [1981] 2 S.C.R. 113; City of Montreal v. Vaillancourt, [1977] 2 S.C.R. 849, and In re Réserves du Nord (1973) Ltée: Hôtel Pilma sur le Lac Inc. v. Bertrand, [1984] C.A. 500, the appeal is dismissed with costs.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Allaire & Associés, Laval.
Solicitors for the respondent Henry Avrith: Kravitz & Kravitz, Montréal.
Solicitors for the respondent Philip Avrith: Sklar & Pitts, Montréal.

Footnotes

  1. [1] C.A. Montréal, No. 500-09-000598-896, October 13, 1989 (Malouf, Gendreau and Baudouin JJ.A.).
  2. [2] Sup. Ct. Montréal, No. 500-34-000093-862, March 29, 1989 (Provost J.).

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