Case name: |
Caine v. Surrey (District) |
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Jurisdiction: |
Canada - British Columbia |
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Parties: |
Name |
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Appearing as |
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Caine, George S. |
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Plaintiff |
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Cotton, Arthur F. |
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Defendant |
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Stevenson |
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Defendant |
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Surrey (District) |
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Defendant |
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Before: |
Decision maker |
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Clement, William Henry Pope |
J. |
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Lawyers: |
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Appearing for |
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Taylor, Sidney S. |
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Plaintiff |
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McQuarrie, W.G. |
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Defendant |
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Whiteside, W.J. |
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Defendant |
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Decision: |
Action by a property owner for an injunction to prevent the District of Surrey from constructing a road over the Plaintiff's property. The District had enacted a bylaw that purported to resume a portion of the subject property pursuant to the Municipal Act, S.B.C. 1914, c. 52. However, the Act contained an exemption for land in use as a garden. It was held that the portion of the Plaintiff's land which the District sought to resume was a garden and the exemption applied. The power of resumption was not available to the District in this case. The injunction was granted. Costs were awarded to the Plaintiff. |
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ExLaw citation: |
[1919] EXLAW 2 |
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Parallel citations: |
[1919] B.C.J. No. 34 |
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(1919) 27 B.C.R. 23 |
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