Aster Corporation v. Attorney General (Quebec) et al.

Aster Corporation v. Attorney General (Quebec) et al.
Collection
Supreme Court Judgments
Date
1977-02-02
Report
[1977] 1 SCR 40
Judges
Judson, Wilfred; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; de Grandpré, Louis-Philippe
On appeal from
Quebec
Subjects
Expropriation
Decision Content
Supreme Court of Canada
Aster Corporation v. Attorney General (Quebec) et al., [1977] 1 S.C.R. 40
Date: 1977-02-02
Aster Corporation Appellant;
and
Attorney General of the Province of Quebec, Minister of Roads of the Province of Quebec and Quebec Autoroutes Authority Respondents.
1977: February 2.
Present: Judson, Pigeon, Dickson, Beetz and de Grandpré JJ.
ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR QUEBEC
Expropriation—Validity of successive expropriations—No reason to intervene in the indemnity fixed by the Public Service Board.
APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Quebec, affirming a judgment of the Superior Court homologating a decision of the Public Service Board. Appeal dismissed.
Clermont Vermette, Q.C., and J.P. St-Onge, for the appellant.
Gustave Monette, Q.C., and Gérard Duguay, for the respondents.
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
JUDSON J.—It will not be necessary to hear you, Mr. Monette and Mr. Duguay.
We are all of the opinion that the Public Service Board was not in error in ruling that, with respect to the judgment of the Superior Court referring the case to it for the indemnity to be fixed, it had to take as valid each of the four successive expropriations made by respondents. On the other questions, we agree with the Court of Appeal in deciding that there is no reason to intervene.
The appeal is dismissed with costs.
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Solicitors for the appellant: Riel, Vermette & Ryan, Montreal.
Solicitors for the respondents: Monette, Clerk, Michaud, Barakett, Lévesque & Guérette, Montréal.