Brown v. Edmonton (City of)

Brown v. Edmonton (City of) Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1977-12-01 Report [1978] 1 SCR 1020 Judges Martland, Ronald; Spence, Wishart Flett; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Pratte, Yves On appeal from Alberta Subjects Expropriation Decision Content Supreme Court of Canada Brown v. Edmonton (City of), [1978] 1 S.C.R. 1020 Date: 1977-12-01 James Munro Brown Appellant; and The City of Edmonton Respondent. 1977: December 1. Present: Martland, Spence, Beetz, Estey and Pratte JJ. ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF ALBERTA, APPELLATE DIVISION Expropriation—Valuation—Residential property taken by municipality—Determination of compensation award—Applicable principles. APPEAL from an order of the Supreme Court of Alberta, Appellate Division, dismissing the appellant’s appeal from an order of the Public Utilities Board for the Province of Alberta, wherein the Board ordered the City of Edmonton to pay the appellant $10,000 in respect to certain property expropriated by the City. Appeal dismissed. J.D. Richard, Q.C., for the appellant. H.F. Wilson, for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by MARTLAND J.—We are all of the opinion that the Appellate Division decided properly to dismiss the appellant’s appeal from the decision of the Public Utilities Board. The appeal is dismissed. There will be no costs payable by either party. Judgment accordingly. Solicitors for the appellant: Gowling & Henderson, Ottawa. Solicitor for the respondent: H.F. Wilson, Edmonton.