UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY LAW of Y R A R B y W ^ N. L K« £ «ii.A. fi ? B PROPERTY LAW CASEBOOK VOL I Professor Abraham Drassinower Fall 2017 FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Storage KE 618 D73 2017 v.1 c.1 SOFIA LAS KIN LAW LIBRARY SEP 1 4 2017 FACULTY OF LAW UNi/'RSiTV OF TORONTO PROPERTY LAW CASEBOOK VOL I Professor Abraham Drassinower Fall 2017 FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/propertylawcasb01dras Table of Contents Volume Qne CHAPTER ONE: POSSESSION AND TITLE AT COMMON LAW (a) Introduction: What is Possession?.1 Pierson v. Post (1805) 3 Cai. R. 175.2 Clift et al. v. Kane et al (1870) 5 NwfldL.R. 327.7 The Tubantia [1924] All ER 615 (Pr. & Ad. Div.).15 Popov v. Hayashi (2002) WL 31833731.21 Rose, “Possession as the Origin of Property” (1985) 52 University of Chicago Law Review 73.31 (b) Finders: General Principles.47 Armory v. Delamirie (1722) 93 E.R. 664.48 Keron v. Cashman et al., 33 A. 1055 (N.J. Chancery 1896).49 Note.51 (c) Finders and Occupiers.52 Parker v. British Airways Board, [1982] 1 QB 1004 (C.A.).53 (d) Finders and Illegality.71 (e) Adverse Possession of Land: Introduction.74 Merrill, "Property Rules .... and Adverse Possession" (1985) 79 Northwestern University Law,> Review 1122.78 (f) Adverse Possession: The “Quality” of Possession.79 Re St. Clair Beach Estates v. MacDonald (1974), 50 D.L.R. (3d) 650 (Ont. Div. Ct.) ...81 Mendes da Costa and Balfour, Property Law (Toronto, 1982). 85 -i- Re Lundrigans Ltd. and Prosper et al. (1982), 132 D.L.R. (3d) 727 (Nfld. C.A.).87 Notes.89 Beaudoin v. Aubin (1981), 125 D.L.R. (3d) 277(Ont. H.C.).90 (g) Adverse Possession and the Inconsistent Use Test: Judicial Repeal?.95 Masidon Investments v. Ham (1984), 45 O.R. (2d) 563 (C.A.).95 Notes.103 (h) Retreat from the Inconsistent Use Test.106 Buckinghamshire County Council v. Moran [1989] 2 All E.R.225 C.A.107 Teis v. Ancaster Town (1997), 35 O.R. (3d) 216 (C.A.).132 Mutual Mistake or Unilateral Mistake.139 CHAPTER TWO: BAILMENT Heffron v. Imperial Parking Co. et al (1974), 3 O.R. (2d) 722.141 Fairley &Stevens (1966) Ltd. v. Goldsworthy (1973), 34 D.L.R. (3d) 554. 150 Punch v. Savoy's Jewellers Ltd. et al. (1986), 54 O.R. (2d) 383. 163 Taylor Estate v. Wong Aviation Ltd. [1969] S.C.R. 481.175 CHAPTER THREE: GIFTS Cochrane v. Moore (1890), 25 Q.B.D. 57.183 In re COLE, A BANKRUPT. Ex parte THE TRUSTEE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE BANKR UPT. [No. 486 of 1961].204 Kooner v. Kooner, [1979] B.C.J. No. 84.224 Brown v. Rotenberg et al. [1946] O.R. 363-376.228 Re Zachariuc; Chevrierv. Public Trustee, (1984) 16 E.T.R. 152 (Ont. Dist. Ct.).235 CHAPTER FOUR: THE NATURE OF PROPERTY Moore v. The Regents of the University of California et al. (1990) 793 P.2d 479.236 —ii— International News Services v. Associated Press 248 U.S.215 (1918).279 Notes.299 Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Ltd. v. Taylor [1937] HCA 45.302 Stewart v. The Queen (1988), 50 D.L.R. (4th) 1 (S.C.C.).326 Notes.340 Caratun v. Caratun (1992), 42 R.F.L. (3d) 113 (Ont. C.A.).341 Notes.351 Saulnier v. Royal Bank of Canada, [2008] 3S.C.R. 166.352 Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 SCC 4.367 Volume 2 CHAPTER FIVE: THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE Harrison v. Carswell (1975), 62 D.L.R. (3d) 68 (S.C.C.).1 Notes.13 Cadillac Fairview Corp. v. R.W.D.S.U. (1989) 71 O.R. (2d) 206 (Ont. C.A.).15 T.W. Merrill, “Property and the Right to Exclude”.28 CHAPTER SDC: INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMON LAW OF REAL PROPERTY - THE DOCTRINES OF TENURE AND OF ESTATES (a) Introduction to Tenure and Estates.29 Gray, Elements of Land Law.29 (b) Types of Estates: Gray, Elements of Land Law.32 R. Scane, Notes on Life Estates and Estates in Fee Tail.33 Note on Presumptions and Words of Limitation.36 (c) Present and Future Interests.37 —iii— (d) Introduction to Conditional Estates.39 (e) Conditions Subsequent: Defeasible and Determinable Re McColgan, [1969] 2 O.R. 152.41 (f) Conditions and Uncertainty.47 Sifton v. Sifton, [1938] 3 All E.R. 435 (P.C.- Ont.).48 Clayton v. Ramsden, [1943] A.C. 320 (H.L.).54 Notes.70 (g) Conditions and Public Policy.71 Re Noble and Wolf, [1949] 4 D.L.R. 375 (Ont. C.A.).72 Notes.73 Re Canada Trust Co. and Ontario Human Rights Commission (1990), 69 D.L.R. (4th) 321 (Ont. C.A.).74 Notes.83 Restraints on Alienation: General.89 Laurin v. Iron Ore Company of Canada (1977), 82 D.L.R. (3d) 634 (Nfld. S.C.T.D.) .91 Stephens v. Gulf Oil Canada Ltd. et. al., (1975) 25 C.P.R. (2d) 64 (O.C.A.).97 CHAPTER SEVEN: EASEMENTS (a) Introduction.105 (b) Characteristics of Easements.106 In Re Ellenborough Park, [1956] 1 Ch. 131 (C.A.).107 Notes.108 Positive and Negative Easements.110 Phipps v. Pears, [1965] 1 Q.B. 76 (C.A.).111 -iv- (c) Creation by Express or Implied Grant Express Grants and Reservations. 120 Implied Grants and Reservations.120 Exceptions to the General Rules.123 Wongv. Beaumont Property Trust, [1965] 1 Q.B. 173 (C.A.).126 Sandom v. Webb, [1951] 1 Ch. 808 (C.A.).139 Barton v. Raine (1980), 114 D.L.R. (3d) 702 (Ont. C.A.).165 Toronto-Dominion Bank v. Wise, 2016 ONCA 629.170 Problems.124 (d) Creation by Presumed Grant.176 User as of Right.128 Garfinkel v. Kleinberg, [1955] 2 D.L.R. 844 (Ont. C.A.).180 (e) The Scope of Easements and Termination.183 CHAPTER EIGHT: APPROPRIATION OF PERSONALITY Krouse v. Chrysler Canada Ltd. (1973) 1 O.R. (2d) 225.185 Athans v. Canadian Adventure Camps Ltd. (1977) 80 D.L.R. (3d) 583.193 Gould Estate v. Stoddart Publishing Co. (1996), 30 O.R. (3d) 520 (G.D.).202 Notes.206 CHAPTER NINE: COPYRIGHT Walter v. Lane, [1900] A.C. 539 (H.L.).208 CCH Canadian Ltd. and Others v. The Law Society of Upper Canada, [2004] 1 S.C.R.339.232 -v- CHAPTER TEN: TRADEMARKS Mattel Inc. v. 3894207 Canada Inc., [2006] 1 S.C.R. 772 257 CHAPTER ELEVEN: PATENTS Diversified Products Corp. v. Tye-Sil Corp. (1991), 35 C.P.R. (3d) 350 (F.C.A.). .280 -vi-