Wade Investments Ltd. v. Hat Travel Ltd., Desharnais, Amman, Semrau and Semrau, (1979) 21 A.R. 454 (QB)

• Judge: Cormack, J.
• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
• Case Date: December 03, 1979
• Citations: (1979), 21 A.R. 454 (QB)

Wade Inv. Ltd. v. Hat Travel Ltd. (1979), 21 A.R. 454 (QB)

MLB headnote and full text

Wade Investments Ltd. v. Hat Travel Ltd., Desharnais, Amman, Semrau and Semrau

(116090)

Indexed As: Wade Investments Ltd. v. Hat Travel Ltd., Desharnais, Amman, Semrau and Semrau

Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial District of Edmonton

Cormack, J.

December 3, 1979.

Summary:

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Practice - Topic 5221

Trials - Venue or place of trial - Application for change of venue - The plaintiff brought an action in the Judicial District of Edmonton and the defendants filed their defence there - After the plaintiff attempted to set down examinations for discovery the defendants applied for a transfer of the action to the Judicial District of Medicine Hat, where the defendants resided - The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench dismissed the application and refused to interfere with the plaintiff's selection of venue, where its choice was not made capriciously or arbitrarily.

Cases Noticed:

Church v. Barnett (1871), L.R. 6 C.P. 116, appld. [para. 3].

Levy v. Rice (1870), L.R. 6 C.P. 119, appld. [para. 4].

McKenzie v. Emerson Brantingham Implement Company, [1921] 2 W.W.R. 862, consd. [para. 5].

McPhatter v. Thorimbeck, 56 W.W.R.(N.S.) 497, folld. [para. 6].

McDonald v. Dawson (1904), 8 O.L.R. 72, appld. [para. 7].

Shortliffe's Grocery Ltd. v. Irving Oil Co. Ltd. et al. (1975), 9 N.S.R.(2d) 629; 38 D.L.R.(3d) 357, consd. [para. 8].

Counsel:

R.J. Wiedemann, for the applicant;

H.A. Lamoureux, for the respondents.

This case was heard at Edmonton, Alberta, before CORMACK, J., of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Judicial District of Edmonton, who delivered the following judgment on December 3, 1979: