MacLellan v. Janega, (1980) 42 N.S.R.(2d) 626 (CA)

• Judge: Cooper, Hart and Jones, JJ.A.
• Court: Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
• Case Date: October 02, 1980
• Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia
• Citations: (1980), 42 N.S.R.(2d) 626 (CA)

MacLellan v. Janega (1980), 42 N.S.R.(2d) 626 (CA);

    77 A.P.R. 626

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MacLellan v. Janega

(S.C.A. 00629)

Indexed As: MacLellan v. Janega

Nova Scotia Supreme Court

Appeal Division

Cooper, Hart and Jones, JJ.A.

October 2, 1980.

Summary:

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Practice - Topic 8802

Appeals - Duty of Appellate court regarding damage awards by a trial judge - The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal referred to the principles to be followed by a Court of Appeal regarding damage awards by a trial judge.

Cases Noticed:

Nance v. British Columbia Electric Railway Company Ltd., [1951] A.C. 601, refd to. [para. 3].

Counsel:

Louis E. Cote, for the appellant;

David B. Ritcey, for the respondent.

This appeal was heard by COOPER, HART and JONES, JJ.A., of the Appeal Division of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court at Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 2, 1980.

The judgment of the Appeal Division was delivered orally by COOPER, J.A., on October 2, 1980.