Turf Masters Landscaping Ltd. v. T.A.G. Developments Ltd. et al., (1992) 119 N.S.R.(2d) 165 (CA)

• Judge: Jones, Hallett and Matthews, JJ.A.
• Court: Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
• Case Date: December 02, 1992
• Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia
• Citations: (1992), 119 N.S.R.(2d) 165 (CA)

Turf Masters v. TAG Dev. Ltd. (1992), 119 N.S.R.(2d) 165 (CA);

  330 A.P.R. 165

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Turf Masters Landscaping Limited (plaintiff/respondent) v. T.A.G. Developments Limited (defendant/respondent) and The City of Dartmouth (defendant/appellant) and C.B.C.L. Limited (third party)

T.A.G. Developments Limited (plaintiff by counterclaim) v. Turf Masters Landscaping Limited (defendant by counterclaim)

(S.C.A. No. 02758)

Indexed As: Turf Masters Landscaping Ltd. v. T.A.G. Developments Ltd. et al.

Nova Scotia Supreme Court

Appeal Division

Jones, Hallett and Matthews, JJ.A.

December 2, 1992.

Summary:

The plaintiff subcontractor brought a me­chanics' lien action against the defendant contractor and the City of Dartmouth. The city served a third party notice on its con­sulting engineers. The subcontractor applied to strike the third party notice.

The Nova Scotia County Court allowed the application. See 117 N.S.R.(2d) 446. The city appealed.

The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and set aside the decision of the Nova Scotia County Court.

Mechanics' Liens - Topic 8008

Practice - Third party procedure, avail­ability of - A subcontractor filed a claim for lien against a contractor and the City of Dartmouth - The city served a third party notice on its consulting engineers - The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal held that the third party notice was valid because it arose out of the construction contract and the work and material supplied (as required by s. 34(2) of the Mechanics' Lien Act).

Cases Noticed:

P.P.G. Industries Canada Ltd. v. Lindsay (J.W.) et al. (1982), 52 N.S.R.(2d) 267; 106 A.P.R. 267 (C.A.), refd to. [paras. 4, 5].

Tri-Corp General Contracting and Sales Ltd. et al. v. Oceanside Construction Ltd. et al. (1987), 81 N.S.R.(2d) 346; 203 A.P.R. 346 (C.A.), refd to. [paras. 4, 7].

Fuller (Thomas) Construction Co. (1958) Ltd. v. Centennial Group of Companies Ltd. and Prince George Hotel Ltd. (1987), 82 N.S.R.(2d) 73; 207 A.P.R. 73 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 4].

Statutes Noticed:

Mechanics' Lien Act, R.S.N.S. 1987, c. 277, sect. 34(2) [para. 6].

Counsel:

Jean McKenna, for the appellant;

Charles D. Lienaux, for the respondents.

This appeal was heard on December 2, 1992, before Jones, Hallett and Matthews, JJ.A., of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Appeal Division.

On December 2, 1992, Jones, J.A., delivered the following judgment orally for the Court of Appeal.