Park Projects Ltd. and M. Swim's (Fisheries) of Canada Ltd. v. Halifax (City), (1982) 50 N.S.R.(2d) 476 (TD)

• Judge: Rogers, J.
• Court: Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
• Case Date: December 21, 1981
• Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia
• Citations: (1982), 50 N.S.R.(2d) 476 (TD)

Park Projects Ltd. v. Halifax (1982), 50 N.S.R.(2d) 476 (TD);

    98 A.P.R. 476

MLB headnote and full text

Park Projects Limited and M. Swim's (Fisheries) of Canada Limited v. City of Halifax

(S.H. No. 31802)

Indexed As: Park Projects Ltd. and M. Swim's (Fisheries) of Canada Ltd. v. Halifax (City)

Nova Scotia Supreme Court

Trial Division

Rogers, J.

February 15, 1982.

Summary:

Property owners appealed from a decision of the Expropriations Compensation Board awarding compensation for the expropriation of three parcels of land in the City of Halifax. The Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Trial Division, dismissed the appeal.

Expropriation - Topic 2207

Practice and procedure - Appeals - Scope of review by courts of decisions of boards - The Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Trial Division, refused to disturb a compensation award by the Expropriations Compensations Board, where the property owner failed to discharge the burden of establishing that the Board proceeded on some incorrect principle or overlooked or misapprehended some material evidence of fact.

Cases Noticed:

Re Westphal Estates Limited (1976), 17 N.S.R.(2d) 273; 19 A.P.R. 273, appld. [paras. 6, 49].

Stein v. The Ship "Kathy" (1975), 6 N.R. 359 (S.C.C.), appld. [para. 7].

Reiss and Hierling v. City of Dartmouth (1979), 26 N.S.R.(2d) 482; 40 A.P.R. 482, appld. [para. 7].

Hammerling and Reiss v. Nova Scotia (1978), 27 N.S.R.(2d) 655; 41 A.P.R. 655, refd to. [para. 49].

Lakeview Shopping Centre Ltd. v. Halifax County (1980), N.S.R.(2d) 316; 64 A.P.R. 316, refd to. [para. 49].

Harris v. Minister of Lands and Forests (1975), 11 N.S.R.(2d) 361; 5 A.P.R. 361, refd to. [para. 49].

Atlantic Trust Company v. City of Dartmouth (1978), 31 N.S.R.(2d) 511; 52 A.P.R. 500, dist. [para. 61].

Statutes Noticed:

Expropriation Act, S.N.S. 1973, c. 7, sect. 20 [para. 68]; sect. 27(2) [para. 58]; sect. 27(12) [para. 39]; sect. 29 [para. 60]; sect. 53 [para. 64].

Halifax City Charter, S.N.S. 1963, c. 52, sect. 538A [para. 17].

Counsel:

E. Anthony Ross, for the appellant Park Projects Limited;

Malcolm S. Swim, for the appellant M. Swim's (fisheries) of Canada Limited;

Leonard A. Kitz, Q.C., and Donald A. Thompson, for the respondent.

This case was heard on December 21, 1981, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, before ROGERS, J., of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Trial Division, who delivered the following decision of February 15, 1982: