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Civil 2015 ONCA 419

Golfnorth Properties Inc. v. 457351 Ontario Inc.

The Court of Appeal held that on Lemon J.'s findings and the clear terms of the agreement the mortgage was deemed satisfied because the appellant failed to repurchase the property and that failure was not due to any fault of the respondent; accordingly the $800,000 mortgage must be discharged and the appeal dismissed with costs.

  • Mortgage discharge
  • Contract interpretation
  • Option to repurchase
  • Deemed satisfaction clause
  • Costs
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Equity 2013 BCSC 2481

0452954 B.C. Ltd.

The court dismissed a summary trial claim for unjust enrichment and quantum meruit, finding the parties’ 2002 agreement supplied juristic reason and the evidence was too vague.

  • Unjust enrichment
  • Quantum meruit
  • Option to repurchase
  • Summary judgment/summary trial
  • Juristic reason
  • Unjust-enrichment
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Property law 2010 BCSC 1726

Nafuran v. Tiojanco

The court dismissed the plaintiff’s claim to set aside a condominium transfer, found no fiduciary duty or misrepresentation, and granted the defendants possession and rent.

  • Constructive trust
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Rectification
  • Non est factum
  • Misrepresentation
  • Option to repurchase
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Contract [1973] SCR 588

Kreick v. Wansbrough

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a land transaction was a sale with an option to repurchase, not a mortgage, and granted specific performance to the purchaser.

  • Sale versus mortgage
  • Option to repurchase
  • Specific performance
  • Equitable right to redeem
  • Clog/fetter on equity of redemption
  • Specific-performance
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Contract [1930] SCR 212

Wilson v. Ward

The Supreme Court of Canada held that an irregular land transaction was in substance a loan secured on land, not a sale, and refused to enforce the purchase-option clause.

  • Construction of agreement
  • Parol evidence rule (admissibility to show true nature of transaction)
  • Equitable right of redemption
  • Clog on redemption
  • Option to repurchase
  • Estoppel and post‑contract conduct
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Contract [1928] SCR 225

Herron v. Mayland

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a share transfer with an option to repurchase was a true sale, not a mortgage, and that interim dividends belonged to the registered holder.

  • Option to repurchase
  • Sale versus mortgage
  • Parol evidence rule and equity exception
  • Entitlement to interim dividends
  • Implication of contractual terms
  • Construction of written and oral bargain
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