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Record no. 560
Case name: Prince Edward Island (Attorney General) v. Thompson
Date: 1999-03-03
Jurisdiction: Canada - Prince Edward Island
Court: Supreme Court - Trial Division
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Parties: Name   Appearing as
  Prince Edward Island (Attorney General)   Applicant
  Boswall, Ivan   Respondent
  Boswall, Lucille   Respondent
  Doran, John   Respondent
  Jenkins, Douglas   Respondent
  McNally, James   Respondent
  McNally, Kenneth   Respondent
  Thompson, Donald   Respondent
  Thompson, Heather   Respondent
Decision makers: Name Designation
Webber, Linda K. J.
Lawyers: Name   Appearing for
  Kell, Laura A.   Applicant
  Langille, Roger B.   Applicant
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Decision: Application by the Province for a permanent injunction to prevent the obstruction of a former railway right of way. The right of way had been acquired by the Province by expropriation in 1874 and later transferred to Canada as contemplated by the 1873 Terms of Union. Rail operations were conducted by the Canadian National Railway until 1989 when all lines were formally abandoned. After abandonment, Canada transferred title to the CNR which sold it to the Province in 1994. The Province began to convert the right of way to a recreational trail known as the Confederation Trail. The Respondents were adjacent property owners who claimed a reversionary interest in the right of way as a result of the abandonment and challenged the Province's title. The Respondents also had concerns about the increased burden placed on them to protect their property from users of the proposed trail.

The court found that the Province had acquired a fee simple title to the right of way at the time of expropriation in 1874 and that the adjacent property owners did not have any reversionary rights to the property upon abandonment of rail operations. It also found that there was some doubt about the Province's current title but nevertheless the Province had sufficient interest to bring the injunction application.

An injunction was granted against some of the Respondents. No costs were awarded.
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ExLaw citation: [1999] EXLAW 1
Neutral citation: N/A
Parallel citations: (1999) 530 APR 22
  1999 CanLII 5126
  (1999) 36 CPC (4th) 126
  (1999) 173 NFLD & PEIR 22
  [1999] PEIJ No. 25
Related decisions:      
  Earlier
 
  Later
  [2002] EXLAW 1 P.E. S.C.T.D. 2002-07-05
  [2003] EXLAW 18 P.E. S.C.A.D. 2003-06-23
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