CANADIAN CASES on the LAW of TORTS Fourth Series/Quatri`Eme S´Erie Recueil De Jurisprudence Canadienne En Responsabilit´E Civile VOLUME 28 (Cited 28 C.C.L.T
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ISSN 0701-1733 ISBN 978-0-7798-4336-7 Printed in Canada by Thomson Reuters THOMSON REUTERS CANADA, A DIVISION OF THOMSON REUTERS CANADA LIMITED One Corporate Plaza Customer Relations 2075 Kennedy Road Toronto 1-416-609-3800 Toronto, Ontario Elsewhere in Canada/U.S. 1-800-387-5164 M1T 3V4 Fax 1-416-298-5082 www.carswell.com Contact www.carswell.com/email CANADIAN CASES ON THE LAW OF TORTS Fourth Series/Quatri`eme s´erie Recueil de jurisprudence canadienne en responsabilit´e civile [Indexed as: Tran v. Chung] Nip Y Tran, Plaintiff (Appellant) and Phu Man Chung, Majekodunmi Adega, also known as Majek Adega, Tu Hong Luong, Tradeworld Realty Inc., Bank of Montreal, and Cynthia Dacosta, also known as Cynthia DaCosta, also known as Cynthia Da Costa, and Kerryon Nugent, Defendants (Respondent) Ontario Court of Appeal Docket: CA C60661 2016 ONCA 378 J. Simmons, H.S. LaForme, Grant Huscroft JJ.A. Heard: December 9, 2015 Judgment: May 19, 2016 Torts –––– Conversion — What constituting –––– Plaintiff owned home which had mortgage registered against it in favour of defendant bank — Plaintiff’s ten- ant, C, helped plaintiff sell home to buyer, and plaintiff received $148,000 on closing — Plaintiff deposited closing funds into account at financial institu- tion — Plaintiff alleged that she received advice regarding closing funds from C, as well as from A, who was her solicitor, and from N, who was agent for buyer — Plaintiff alleged that A, C, and N told her to obtain draft in amount of $90,190 payable to bank (“subject draft”) under pretence that amount was owing on home mortgage — In reality, mortgage had been paid out when home was sold — Subject draft was deposited by D, who was stranger to plaintiff, into D’s line of credit account with bank — Plaintiff commenced action against bank for tort of conversion — Plaintiff was not successful in bringing motion for sum- mary judgment against bank, and bank successfully brought motion for sum- mary judgment dismissing action against it — Plaintiff appealed — Appeal al- lowed — Motion judge’s order was set aside and replaced with order allowing plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment for conversion and denying bank’s 2 CANADIAN CASES ON THE LAW OF TORTS 28 C.C.L.T. (4th) motion to dismiss claim — Bank recognized that plaintiff owed it nothing at rel- evant time — Furthermore, bank treated funds represented by bank draft as be- ing property of D and not as bank’s property — Bank took instructions from D on how and where to pay funds, even though she was not payee of bank draft — On her instructions, they credited proceeds to D’s account and then permitted her to withdraw same amount in form of new bank draft, payable to A, and cash — Wrongful interference in conversion context did not involve any moral wrongdoing — Because plaintiff was entitled to immediate possession of draft from bank, wrongful interference consisted of paying proceeds to D without proper authorization. Cases considered by H.S. LaForme J.A.: Bank of Montreal v.