Blue River Heavy Hauling Ltd. v. Cal-Van Auctioneering Ltd., (1987) 87 A.R. 67 (QBM)

• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
• Case Date: March 10, 1987
• Citations: (1987), 87 A.R. 67 (QBM)

Blue River Heavy Hauling v. Cal-Van (1987), 87 A.R. 67 (QBM)

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Blue River Heavy Hauling Ltd. (plaintiff) v. Cal-Van Auctioneering Ltd. (defendant)

(No. 8604-011374)

Indexed As: Blue River Heavy Hauling Ltd. v. Cal-Van Auctioneering Ltd.

Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial District of Grande Prairie

Funduk, Master

March 10, 1987.

Summary:

The plaintiff commenced an action against the defendant, proposing that it be tried in the Judicial District of Grande Prairie. The defendant applied to have the action tried in the Judicial District of Edmonton. A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench dismissed the application.

Practice - Topic 5220

Trials - Venue or place of trial - General - A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench stated that the venue of a civil trial depended on the balance of convenience.

Cases Noticed:

McDonald v. Fellows, Fellows, Fellows, Doherty Bros. Realty Ltd. and Wilkinson (1979), 17 A.R. 330; 105 D.L.R. (3d) 434 (Alta. C.A.), refd to. [para. 6].

Creditel of Canada v. Terrace Corporation (Edmonton) (1984), 50 A.R. 311 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 6].

Wade Investments v. Hat Travel (1979), 21 A.R. 454 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 7].

Alberta Home Mortgage Corporation v. Reddick and Reddick (1982), 48 A.R. 65; 20 Alta. L.R.(2d) 395 (Q.B. Master), refd to. [para. 7].

Statutes Noticed:

Rules of Court (Alta.), rule 12 [para. 12].

Counsel:

R.M. Lewis, for the plaintiff;

J.A. Caruk (Amerongen Spencer), for the defendant.

This application was heard in chambers, before Funduk, Master, of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Judicial District of Grande Prairie, who delivered the following decision on March 10, 1987.