Sheriff, Judicial District of Vegreville v. St. Bernard de LaFond Savings & Credit Union Ltd., Spicer, Spicer and Gowing, (1982) 42 A.R. 192 (QB)

• Judge: Cawsey, J.
• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
• Case Date: September 20, 1982
• Citations: (1982), 42 A.R. 192 (QB)

Sheriff v. St. Bernard de LaFond Savings (1982), 42 A.R. 192 (QB)

MLB headnote and full text

Sheriff, Judicial District of Vegreville v. St. Bernard de Lafond Savings & Credit Union Ltd., Spicer, Spicer and Gowing

(Nos. 8211-002364 and 8111-001997)

Indexed As: Sheriff, Judicial District of Vegreville v. St. Bernard de LaFond Savings & Credit Union Ltd., Spicer, Spicer and Gowing

Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial District of Vegreville

Cawsey, J.

September 20, 1982.

Summary:

The sheriff brought an interpleader action to settle the competing claims of title to a chattel of a bona fide purchaser and a mortgagee. The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench held the purchaser's title to be subject to the mortgage and ordered the sheriff to seize the chattel on behalf of the mortgagee.

Sale of Goods - Topic 3206

Transfer or loss of title to third parties - Statutory power of sale - Mercantile agent - Exceptions - Lack of consent of owner - A purchaser bought a car from a mercantile agent, with no knowledge of a chattel mortgage on the car - The mercantile agent's possession was without the consent of the owner, the mortgagee - The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench referred to s. 2 of the Factors Act, R.S.A. 1980, c. F-1, and held that the purchaser's title was subject to the mortgagee's security.

Cases Noticed:

Sheriff of Edmonton v. Kozack (1965), 54 W.W.R.(N.S.) 667, folld. [para. 5].

Toronto Dominion Bank v. Dwyer (1979), 17 A.R. 492, ref'd to. [para. 7].

Kozak v. Ford Motor Credit Company of Canada Limited, [1971] 3 W.W.R. 1, ref'd to. [para. 8].

Terra Power Tractor Company Limited v. Chapman (1977), 5 A.R. 286, ref'd to. [para. 9].

Moses v. Bank of Montreal, [1982] 3 W.W.R. 280; 40 A.R. 441, ref'd to. [para. 14].

Bozsik v. Kaufmann (1963), 45 W.W.R.(N.S.) 316, ref'd to. [para. 7].

Statutes Noticed:

Factors Act, R.S.A. 1980, c. F-1, sect. 2 [para. 4].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Fridman, The Sale of Goods in Canada [para. 6].

Counsel:

D.D. Himsl, for the Sheriff of the Judicial District of Vegreville;

Don Bur, for Herbert I. Spicer and Dorothy B. Spicer;

L.M. Starko, for St. Bernard de LaFond Savings & Credit Union Ltd.

This case was heard before CAWSEY, J., of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Judicial District of Vegreville on September 20, 1982.