St. Pierre v. Ontario (Minister of Transportation and Communications), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 906 (1987)

St.

Pierre v. Ontario (Minister of Transportation), [1987] 1 S.C.R. 906

Larry St. Pierre and Mary Grace St. Pierre Appellants v.

The Minister of Transportation and Communications Respondent indexed as: st. pierre v. ontario (minister of transportation and communications)

File No.: 18268.

1986: March 26; 1987: June 4.

Present: McIntyre, Chouinard*, Lamer, Wilson and Le Dain JJ.

*Chouinard J. took no part in the judgment.

on appeal from the court of appeal for ontario

Expropriation -- Injurious affection -- Compensation -- Land acquired for highway adjacent to appellants' property -- None of appellants' lands expropriated -- Whether or not damages resulting from construction of highway compensable -- Expropriations Act, R.S.0. 1970, c. 154, ss. 1, 21 (now R.S.O. 1980, c. 148).

In 1961 appellants bought land zoned "open space" in a quiet, rural neighbourhood near London and built their retirement home. Some time prior to 1976, respondent acquired a strip of land adjoining the eastern boundary of the appellants' land to construct a highway which was opened to traffic in 1977. No part of the appellants' lands w...

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