HIS MAJESTY THE KING v. THE QUEBEC GAS CO. THE QUEBEC RAILWAY, LIGHT, HEAT & POWER CO.
APPEAL from the judgment of the Exchequer Court of Canada in favour of the defendants (respondents).
It is an information by the Attorney-General of Canada, whereby certain lands, belonging to the defendants, were taken and expropriated for the purposes of the National' Transcontinental Railway. The Crown offered
$144,400 and the defendants claimed $1,682,880.90.
The Exchequer Court awarded the sum of $219,675.00, of which $32,000 represented the value of the buildings and $187,675 the value of the land at $3.00 a foot. The Crown appealed, asking that the last amount should be reduced to $2.25 and the respondent cross-appealed asking a sum of $800,000. The Supreme Court of Canada, after argument, reserved judgment, and, at a subsequent date, rendered the following judgment: appeal dismissed - with costs to the Quebec Gas Co. and no costs to the Quebec R.L.H. & P. Co., Davies and Idington JJ. dissenting; and the cross-appeal dismissed with costs.
Gibsone K.C. for the appellant.
Lafleur K.C. and Morgan K.C. for the respondent the Quebec Gas Co.
Belley K.C. for the respondent the Quebec R.L.H.