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CASE NO.                                     VOL. NO.                                            PAGE

 

PRINCE EDWARD HOLDINGS INC.       - and -   JOMAR HOLDINGS LIMITED

                                                                             

(Appellant)                                                                                                                  (Respondent)

                                                                             

                                                                             

CA162164                                                Halifax, N.S.                                                  Flinn, J.A.

                                                                                                                           (Orally)                    

                                                                    

 

     [Cite as:  Prince Edward Holdings Inc. v. Jomar Holdings Ltd., 2000 NSCA 119]

 

APPEAL HEARD:                                 October 12, 2000

 

JUDGMENT DELIVERED:                 October 12, 2000

 

WRITTEN RELEASE OF ORAL:       October 16, 2000

 

SUBJECT:         Vendor and Purchaser - Adjustments on closing - pre-judgment interest

 

SUMMARY:        Vendor and purchaser unable to agree on closing adjustments in real estate transaction.  Trial judge fixed those adjustments, including pre-judgment interest, and the vendor appeals.

 

RESULT:            Appeal dismissed.

 

Trial judge made no error in his interpretation of the agreement of purchase and sale in determining the closing adjustments.

 

The fixing of pre-judgment interest in this case is largely discretionary.  The trial judge made no error in principle in the exercise of that discretion.

 

This case is fact specific.             

 

 

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