Bank of Nova Scotia v. Tissington, (1981) 31 A.R. 332 (QBM)

• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
• Case Date: May 19, 1981
• Citations: (1981), 31 A.R. 332 (QBM)

BNS v. Tissington (1981), 31 A.R. 332 (QBM)

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Bank of Nova Scotia v. Tissington

(No. 8103-11559)

Indexed As: Bank of Nova Scotia v. Tissington

Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial District of Edmonton

Funduk, M.

May 19, 1981.

Summary:

The applicant bank applied summarily in chambers by affidavit for an order for removal and sale of an airplane. The respondent applied similarly for an order directing that the seizure of the airplane be released.

A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench dismissed both applications. The court exercised its discretion under s. 29(8) of the Seizures Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 338 and ordered that the matter go to trial.

Sheriffs - Topic 1726

Seizures - Claim by third party - Relief from seizure - Procedure for - Rules of Court - A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench stated that, if a person other than the debtor claims an interest in goods seized, he must proceed in accordance with Rule 457 - See paragraph 8.

Conditional Sales - Topic 343

Statutory requirements - Registration - Effect or purpose of registration - Conditional Sales Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 61 - A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench stated that the effect of registration under the Conditional Sales Act is not to give notice, but to preserve the vendor's common law rights - See paragraphs 10 to 20.

Conditional Sales - Topic 8

General - Common law rights of conditional vendor - A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench stated that at common law the conditional vendor retains ownership of the chattel until he has been paid in full and, if the purchaser defaults in his obligations, the owner is entitled to take possession of the chattel - See paragraphs 21 to 25.

Conditional Sales - Topic 606

Statutory requirements - Renewal - Late renewal - Effect of - Conditional Sales Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 61, s. 7(1) - A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench stated that only those persons whose rights accrued during the period of expiration and subsequent renewal of registration under the Act would take their interest free of the vendor's common law rights - See paragraphs 26 to 30.

Conditional Sales - Topic 1005

Rights of third parties - Loss of title to subsequent purchasers - Resale by trader in ordinary course of business - A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench stated that, where a dealer sells stock in trade in the ordinary course of business to a bona fide purchaser, the purchaser takes free of any conditional sales contract or chattel mortgage - See paragraph 49.

Sale of Goods - Topic 3210

Statutory power of sale - Mercantile agent - Evidence and proof - Burden of proof - Factors Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 132, s. 3(1) - A Master of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench stated that the burden is on the claimant to prove the seller of goods was a mercantile agent, having possession of the goods as a mercantile agent - See paragraphs 52 to 65.

Cases Noticed:

Hannah v. Pearlman, [1954] 1 D.L.R. 282 (B.C.S.C.), refd to. [para. 12].

Commercial Equipment Rentals Ltd. v. Canadian Fairbanks Morse Company Limited (1963), 42 W.W.R.(N.S.) 177, refd to. [para. 13].

Klimove v. General Motors Acceptance Corporation (1955), 14 W.W.R.(N.S.) 463 (Alta. C.A.), refd to. [para. 14].

Workmen's Compensation Board v. United States Steel Corporation (1956), 18 W.W.R.(N.S.) 403 (Alta. S.C.), refd to. [para. 15].

Terra Power Tractor Co. Ltd. v. Chapman, 2 Alta. L.R.(2d) 247 (Alta. D.C.), refd to. [para. 16].

Dalgleish v. I.A.C. Limited et al. (1977), 5 A.R. 28; 2 Alta. L.R.(2d) 261 (Alta.S.C.), refd to. [para. 17].

Blower v. Hepburn et al., 13 Alta. L.R.(2d) 100, refd to. [para. 18].

Traders Group Limited v. Concorde Truck & Camper Rentals Ltd. et al., [1974] 4 W.W.R. 530 (B.C.S.C.), refd to. [para. 19].

Humfrey v. Hickey, [1972] 3 W.W.R. 389 (Alta. C.A.), refd to. [para. 19].

Genelcan Ltd. v. Barber-Ellis of Canada Limited, 4 Alta. L.R.(2d) 294 (Alta.S.C.), refd to. [para. 19].

Victoria City v. Bishop of Vancouver Island, [1921] 2 A.C. 384 (P.C.), refd to. [para. 33].

Barner v. Jarvis, [1953] 1 W.L.R. 649 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 34].

Canada Sugar Refining Company v. R., [1898] A.C. 735 (P.C.), refd to. [para. 35].

Attorney General v. Prince Augustus, [1957] A.C. 436 (P.C.), refd to. [para. 36].

R. v. Board of Commissioners (1926), 54 N.B.R. 138 (N.B.C.A.), refd to. [para. 37].

Artemiou v. Procopiou, [1966] 1 Q.B. 878 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 38].

Coutts & Co. v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, [1953] A.C. 267 (H.L.), refd to. [para. 39].

Brandon v. Leckie, [1972] 6 W.W.R. 113, refd to. [para. 44].

Sheriff of Edmonton v. Kozak (1965), 54 W.W.R.(N.S.) 677, refd to. [para. 45].

Consolidated Finance Company Limited v. Alfke (1960), 31 W.W.R.(N.S.) 497, refd to. [para. 49].

Re Funduk and Horncastle, 39 D.L.R.(3d) 94 (Alta. C.A.), refd to. [para. 54].

Schafhauser v. Shaffer, [1943] 3 D.L.R. 656 (Sask. D.C. & C.A.), refd to. [para. 55].

Eastern Distributors Ltd. v. Goldring, [1957] 2 Q.B. 600 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 55].

Astley Industrial Trust, Ltd. v. Miller, [1968] 2 All E.R. 36 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 57].

Belvoir Finance Co. Ltd. v. Harold G. Cole & Co. Ltd., [1969] 1 W.L.R. 1877 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 57].

Bank of Montreal v. Young (1977), 6 A.R. 541; 3 Alta. L.R.(2d) 11, refd to. [para. 57].

Winnicky v. Grande Prairie & District Savings & Credit Union Ltd., [1976] 1 W.W.R. 80, refd to. [para. 62].

Carmar Holdings Ltd. v. Harpe, 1 Alta. L.R.(2d) 76, refd to. [para. 62].

Stadium Finance Ltd. v. Robbins, [1962] 2 Q.B. 664 (C.A.), appld. [para. 64].

Traders Group Ltd. v. Smith, 66 D.L.R.(3d) 153, appld. [para. 74].

Industrial Acceptance Corporation Limited v. Pacific Petroleums Limited (1964), 46 W.W.R.(N.S.) 573, consd. [para. 80].

Swanson v. D. Ackland & Son Ltd. (1963), 42 W.W.R.(N.S.) 50, consd. [para. 80].

Toronto Dominion Bank v. Dwyer (1979), 17 A.R. 492; 9 Alta. L.R.(2d) 202, consd. [para. 80].

Liquid Carbonic Co. Ltd. v. Rountree, [1924] 1 D.L.R. 1092, consd. [para. 80].

Statutes Noticed:

Seizures Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 338, sect. 27(1) [para. 6]; sect. 29(8) [para. 69].

Conditional Sales Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 61, sect. 3(1) [paras. 20, 21, 25]; sect. 7(1) [paras. 26, 28, 33]; sect. 13 [paras. 30, 33]; sect. 19 [para. 14].

Bills of Sale Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 29, sect. 24(1) [para. 31].

Factors Act, R.S.A. 1970, c. 132, sect. 3 [paras. 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 52, 53, 65, 78]; sect. 3(4) [paras. 60, 61, 65, 78]; sect. 2(1)(c) [para. 6].

Rules of Court (Alta.), rule 104, rule 128 [para. 72]; rule 457, rule 458 [para. 8].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Lee, D.W., Perfection by Registration (1969), 47 Can. B. Rev. 420 [para. 46].

Ziegel, J.S., The Legal Problems of Wholesale Financing of Durable Goods in Canada (1963), 41 Can. B. Rev. 55, pp. 76 et seq. [para. 49]; 96 [para. 55].

Counsel:

D. Gahn, for the applicant;

T.D. Clackson, for the respondent.

This case was heard before FUNDUK, M., of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Judicial District of Edmonton, who delivered the following judgment on May 19, 1981.