J.J. Riverside Manufacturing Ltd. v. E.J.W. Development Co., (1981) 9 Man.R.(2d) 174 (CoCt)

• Court: Provincial Court of Manitoba (Canada)
• Case Date: June 19, 1981
• Jurisdiction: Manitoba
• Citations: (1981), 9 Man.R.(2d) 174 (CoCt)

JJ Riverside Mfg. v. EJW Dev. (1981), 9 Man.R.(2d) 174 (CoCt)

MLB headnote and full text

J.J. Riverside Manufacturing Ltd. v. E.J.W. Development Co. Ltd.

Indexed As: J.J. Riverside Manufacturing Ltd. v. E.J.W. Development Co.

Manitoba County Court

Jewers, C.C.J.

June 19, 1981.

Summary:

This case arose out of the plaintiff's action to set aside the registration of a contract under the Personal Property Security Act, S.M. 1973, c. 35.

The Manitoba County Court allowed the action on the ground that the contract did not create a security interest within the meaning of the Act.

Personal Property - Topic 6006

Security interests - Security interests defined - Personal Property Security Act, S.M. 1973, c. 35, s. 1(aa) - The plaintiff sold a loader for a cash deposit with the balance payable in sixty days - The defendant registered the contract under the Personal Property Security Act - The plaintiff refused to deliver and applied to set aside registration of the contract - The Manitoba County Court set aside registration on the ground that the contract created no security interest and was not registrable.

Cases Noticed:

Devoe v. Long et al., [1951] 1 D.L.R. 203, appld. [para. 18].

Statutes Noticed:

Personal Property Security Act, S.M. 1973, c. 35, sect. 1(z), sect. 1(aa) [para. 8]; sect. 2 [para. 7].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Clerk and Lindsell on Torts (14th Ed.), p. 308 [para. 17].

Fleming, The Law of Torts (5th Ed.), pp. 89-92 [para. 15].

Fridman, Sale of Goods in Canada, pp. 69 [para. 10]; 397-399 [para. 19].

Jowitt, Dictionary of English Law (2nd Ed.), vol. 2, p. 624 [para. 14].

Stroud's Judicial Dictionary (4th Ed.), vol. 5, p. 247 [para. 13].

Counsel:

H. Glinter and Diane Schmidt, for the plaintiff;

E. Matz, for the respondent.

This case was heard before JEWERS, C.C.J., of the Manitoba County Court, who delivered the following judgment on June 19, 1981: