City of Montreal v. Ramsay et al.

City of Montreal v. Ramsay et al. Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1898-11-21 Report (1898) 29 SCR 298 Judges Girouard, Désiré; King, George Edwin; Sedgewick, Robert; Strong, Samuel Henry; Taschereau, Henri-Elzéar On appeal from Quebec Subjects Expropriation Decision Content Supreme Court of Canada City of Montreal v. Ramsay, (1898) 29 SCR 298 Date: 1898-11-21 CITY OF MONTREAL v. RAMSAY et al. 1898: Oct 10; 1898: Nov 21 PRESENT :—Sir Henry Strong C.J. and Taschereau, Sedgewick, King and Grirouard JJ. Municipal Corporation—Expropriation—Widening streets—Assessments— Excessive valuation—52 V. c. 79, s. 228 (Que.) APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench for Lower Canada (appeal side), ([1]) reversing the decision of the Superior Court, District of Montreal, and annulling the assessment roll for the .widening of St. Nicholas Street in the City of Montreal. After hearing counsel for the appellant and without calling upon counsel for the respondent the court reserved judgment and, on a subsequent day, dismissed the appeal with costs. Appeal dismissed with costs Ethier Q.C. for the appellant. Rielle for the respondents. [1] Q. R. 7 Q. B. 214. …