Western Weekly Reports

WESTERN WEEKLY REPORTS Reports of Cases Decided in the Courts of Western Canada and Certain Decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada 2016-VOLUME 4 (Cited [2016] 4 W.W.R.) All cases of value from the courts of Western Canada and appeals therefrom to the Supreme Court of Canada SELECTION EDITOR Walter J. Watson, B.A., LL.B. ASSOCIATE EDITORS (Alberta) E. Mirth, Q.C. (British Columbia) Darrell E. Burns, LL.B., LL.M. (Manitoba) E. Arthur Braid, Q.C. (Saskatchewan) Greg Fingas, B.A., LL.B. EDITORIAL STAFF Cheryl L. McPherson, B.A.(HONS.) Director, Primary Content Operations Audrey Wineberg, B.A.(HONS.), LL.B. Product Development Manager Nicole Ross, B.A., LL.B. Supervisor, Legal Writing Julia Fischer, B.A.(HONS.), LL.B. Supervisor, Legal Writing Lisa Rao, B.SC., LL.B. Senior Legal Writer Donna Dickson Content Editor WESTERN WEEKLY REPORTS is published 48 times per year. Subscrip- Western Weekly Reports est publié 48 fois par année. 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Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. ISSN 0049-7525 ISBN 978-0-7798-7040-0 Printed in Canada by Thomson Reuters THOMSON REUTERS 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 Hyczkewycz v. Hupe 213 [Indexed as: Hyczkewycz v. Hupe] Mary Viola Hyczkewycz (Plaintiff / Respondent) and Paul Hupe (Defendant / Appellant) and Sharon Linda Hupe (Defendant) Manitoba Court of Appeal Docket: AI 15-30-08472 2016 MBCA 23 Richard J. Chartier C.J.M., Holly C. Beard, Christopher J. Mainella JJ.A. Heard: February 10, 2016 Judgment: February 10, 2016 Family law –––– Division of family property — Determination of ownership of property — Application of trust principles — Resulting and constructive trusts — Resulting trusts generally –––– Defendant man and defendant woman were engaged in matrimonial litigation — Plaintiff mother of woman brought action claiming she had beneficial interest in three properties registered in name of one or both defendants on ground of resulting trust — Defendant man brought successful motion for summary judgment to dismiss plaintiff’s claim based on indefeasibility of title provisions of s. 59 of Real Property Act — Master found that s. 59 of Act was absolute bar to any resulting trust claim in Manitoba and struck out statement of claim — Plaintiff’s appeal was allowed — Judge interpreted s. 59 of Real Property Act — Judge found that there was cred- ible evidence that plaintiff might be able to rebut statutory presumption of in- defeasiblity of title under s. 59 of Act at trial — Judge held that defendant man had not established that he had prima facie defence to resulting trust claim — Judge could not conclude that plaintiff’s case was bound to fail — Defendant man appealed — Appeal dismissed — Trial of legal and factual issues was required — There were triable issues as to proper interpretation of s. 59 of Act given approaches in other provinces and case law in Manitoba — There were triable issues as to facts surrounding alleged resulting trusts. Civil practice and procedure –––– Summary judgment — Requirement to show no triable issue –––– Defendant man and defendant woman were engaged in matrimonial litigation — Plaintiff mother of woman brought action claiming she had beneficial interest in properties registered in name of defendants on ground of resulting trust — Defendant man brought successful motion for summary judgment to dismiss plaintiff’s claim — Plaintiff’s appeal was allowed — Judge interpreted s. 59 of Real Property Act — Judge held that defendant man had not established that he had prima facie defence to resulting trust claim — Judge could not conclude that plaintiff’s case was bound to fail — Defendant man appealed — Appeal dismissed — There were triable issues as to proper interpretation of s. 59 of Act and as to facts surrounding alleged resulting trusts — 214 WESTERN WEEKLY REPORTS [2016] 4 W.W.R. Judges deciding motions for summary judgment were discouraged from making statements about law, where law was in dispute, if they were referring that same legal issue back for determination by another judge — Making statements as to interpretation of law in case where responsibility would fall to another judge in same case to interpret that same law was unnecessary use of judicial resources and jeopardized judicial comity. Statutes considered: Real Property Act, R.S.M.

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