SUPREME COURT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 11

SUPREME COURT.

• AN EXCHANGE OF PROPERTIES. AIIXIEGED MISREPRESENTATION. : A cUid).. {or dsmajM. for alleged misrepre- ;' o fMjatjoif c6meqtton ; 'nnfcfl'', (ib * oxpliajige of laii(lnrr«s)irardtenths; Supremo 1 !C6urt!y'ester-' ijay bj;. Mr, Justice Chapman. ,Tho plaintiff • -.nWil W» •'Writer. Willi&nis,' shipping agent, ;V£ ' £titS ..damsscs'vfTom; Charles: p'\mariaßer.V , ;. 'Mr. A; Dunn appeared, for plaintiff, and Jin '.v ••••.¥r,QJ«P«M.'"K.(v\rith hiin Mr. S. A. Atkins»*,.f»r .defendant. }. : Mr^Diinn 1 said'; that-an.exehango.agreement. ■hatt_tcen: ehtored ? .into. : by ; :the 'parties oh Hay 17, 1507.. Defendant, who;was,Hhp.''bivher of n v^: ; .!PT9P.?^V'iu.so^efc^Strebff.?'Newtbini',''': ! opflecl' ■.'.• '-^? ? the :■!property.^.to .pliintiif : ',in ei? . t >/ ®hang6,.r for'' .'"at'- Trehtham.« ;:v,^9 B f.weaMent;.wM:lcdrxieil. : ,Qut.:by.';tlisi;:hcces-' v tbrhls of. the. ngroemcnt' - jUd .nbt fconio .bxtopt that j' . tkcre, 6C6ta«(l:-to: 'bo''- a- "misunderstanding ■ he-xttrtefi-'..plaintiff.'apd.(defendant ns- to ,tho con- ' S£*MW» '. they 1 wore I. transferring! The-; agreement; expired •tho" prjee, paid for' tho .. :;.Owen 'Street property - at. £17(1.0,-' but. defendant B.iid .that hs was,- really transferring tho pro-; : ; .i;;.p«rtywht;"jßlsl)o. •: ,;Th'o ;.diffefenco. was', settled : :.:n»woyeriiajid' defendant; signed ;the agreement, .\: ho uhdwtodk) to .pay, ; !in iaddition to the: suras, mentioned:.in', tho, ..exchange agree-. '.V nient/: .the'iffiim: of -dESOO,' ini theV event ;6f .his ;',; 'beinßV;*satisfied;j : thlit..plaintiff's'.'proporty' :at Trenthanr; .wag worth', the extra ,'i!2oo/ This • ', at , tc r:?nm was to bo : piiid .within l a jtar, and deicndalii was to. lio tlio solo judyo of .whether . >t ; shphld -he paid. or. not. v'l'ho. first .alleged "■ Sttisropjosfenfcation w&s that.'dnring tho negotia-; aki ; SW-.' : W^^''WBre!toted;.t6.-plriatilE. - that'Ke - J*ad a* valuation oi {the. Owen Street' property ; ; ; for:.£l7oo. uThis representation; siiid Mr. X)unn, " : ■T'aa;.'aadei;'prior. to tho sale, and it was on:the &<»OTWJA'. bf .tbis.-representation and 'others that : ,;. plaintiff-,went .'into tho exchange..Another .re-' .prqSentatioh miulo was.lthftt. tho .'dwelling-hOuso, ... . In Ottoh. Street was less , than .eight years old, . put it: would ho' proved. that the house, was. ; -bui1r , n:.;1803...; i lt; was represented 'also 'that the ; proptrh;'. yas. iri, : good .'Condition. 1 ". Evidence wotild be called to provo that, this rcpresentation .was incorrect, and .that defendant must

/'/-haypkftewn;it.to to; incorrect.;' Dry rot was ■:.■,' in thethpuse.vj.n/thb'. floprihg boards and ver- : ;:'- r ;.,"Bndahjjj6stsV: One pf the pilcsikad fallen away, ■V/anajvthbvhpysQ; had "evidently,been.;built . on . ; r ; !mKd6';tip'.' oartK, It was a "]brry-built" place., cahio thrpugh -into > almost'all of: ~' :'.th6.;ro6ij)s/;lhe, water cameinto''the .hall-; in-iri-'&''sbbam''':down',theYpas-'' iJisage/.vThe ; .hons4c6uld- hot-fairly.bo? described' : : ,'agJa;iiVftbod arid sound condition.- 'It was.'over- ,, ;ruh'iwitfr,rats.:;Plaintill';niado. only a .'hurried' '.'.■':.'■. and perfunctory, inspection' of .the: hbuse,'-which ;; v^asftheh;. occupied, by a Mr.vHnyrtliornb! ■-<■ ' " .Vij-'lri'tnerstatemcnt'of,defencb it was admitted '.?;:thati had been entered .into. J}e- ■.; fendantijbowoTOr,: denied 'that; ho, represented ' 't6:J>laiistiff.:.that the. Newtown .property.'■ was :' ;,•: worth ;,£l7ou,that it ivas less'.'thon eight years :-,;.::bid/,br'ithat -the hoiiso" was ,in Rood and : sound .',' condition. 'PlaintinVand ; his wife,.prior'to enV teHng[-into'-the: ; .aih-eement,-'had: minutely 'and , tho .p'roperty..v -Defendant -, ..denied'that:the. bonse,\wris.more.;,than - 'eight ; .•; ./yoars.'.oljli and "that-; it was not,in/a good and '..'.'BOtind.'cehditiori: and .watertight. .;•; .'.,;.■,, !'.Th r ß;,hfcring of evidence for'the nlaintiff had '/...iiot.Vcentlnded.when.the.Courtsadjourned for