McDonald v. New Brunswick Electric Power Commission

[1979] 2 SCR 784 Court SCC Decision date 1979-05-22 English

PartiesGeorge J. McDonald Appellant·The New Brunswick Electric Power Commission Respondent

Counsel (4)

Roy W. Dixon, for the appellant.
E. Neil McKelvey, Q.C., and Robert G. Vincent, for the respondent.
Solicitors for the appellant: Hoyt, Mockler, Allen & Dixon, Fredericton.
Solicitors for the respondent: McKelvey, Macaulay, Machum, Saint John.

Judges Laskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; Estey, Willard Zebedee; Pratte, Yves

Delivered by Judgment of the Court — DICKSON J.

On appeal from New Brunswick

Subjects Labour law

Judgment of the Court — DICKSON J.

The judgment of the Court was delivered by

DICKSON J.—The facts, earlier proceedings, and argument in this appeal are as in the appeal of Maynard P. Heustis v. The New Brunswick Electric Power Commission. (reported supra at p. 768.)

For the reasons given today in that appeal, I would allow the present appeal, set aside the judgment of the Appeal Division of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, and restore the order of Stratton J. The appellant is entitled to costs in this Court and in the Appeal Division.

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Appeal allowed with costs.

Solicitors for the appellant: Hoyt, Mockler, Allen & Dixon, Fredericton.

Solicitors for the respondent: McKelvey, Macaulay, Machum, Saint John.

Footnotes

[1] (1977), 19 N.B.R. (2d) 174.
[2] (1977), 17 N.B.R. (2d) 372.