Majority
The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by
//Lamer C.J.//
Lamer C.J.
Lamer C.J. -- The Court is ready to hand down judgment. The judgment will be pronounced by Justice Cory.
//Cory J.//
Cory J.
Cory J. -- We are in agreement with the reasoning and conclusion of the majority of the Court of Appeal. The trial judge in his charge to the jury fairly and properly reviewed the relevant evidence. He then placed before them the applicable principles of law. He specifically advised them, on several occasions, that they must decide the vital issue as to whom the bank relied upon when it made the loans. Looking at the charge as a whole, it cannot be faulted.
The appeal is therefore dismissed.
Judgment accordingly.
Solicitors for the appellant: Lord & Russell, Calgary.
Solicitor for the respondent: T. J. Matchett (Agent of the Attorney General for Alberta), Edmonton.