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Appeal from New Brunswick in a trespass-to-land action involving timber cutting. The Supreme Court upheld the plaintiffs’ title or possession and dismissed the appeal.
The Supreme Court of Canada upheld a right of passage servitude in Quebec, finding the written references, compromise plan, and prior titles proved the servitude.
Appeal over lease forfeiture under Yukon hydraulic mining regulations. The Supreme Court held the Minister had to act judicially and the prescribed notice procedure had to be followed.
The Supreme Court of Canada allowed an appeal from a forfeiture of a hydraulic mining lease, holding the Minister could not summarily cancel it without the required adjudicative process.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that a deed granting use of a lane “in common with others” allowed reasonable use of the lane’s airspace, so the fire-escape need not be removed.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the timber clause in a land sale was a resolutive condition and restriction, not a reservation of ownership of all timber.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the 1897 deed granted the respondent the right to bring water through pipes from adjoining lands. The appeal was dismissed with costs.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the deed’s boundary description was clear and must be read literally, rejecting extrinsic evidence to enlarge the timber licence.
The Supreme Court of Canada held that an ambiguous compromise deed discharged Brault only up to $15,000 on the larger note, but the smaller note was unenforceable because it arose from an illegal lottery-related transaction.
Appeal dismissed. The Supreme Court held that a mere right of passage over a private lane did not include a servitude of view or rights to make openings in a wall.
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