Supreme Court

Decision Information

Pettipas v. Poirier

Court Supreme Court
Date 2010-03-09
Citation 2010 NSSC 92
Docket Hfx 310004
Judge/Registrar/Adjudicator Hood, Suzanne M. (Honourable Justice)
Document Type Library Sheet
Relations Decision - Pettipas v. Poirier - 2010 NSSC 92 - 2010-03-09 - Decision

Decision Content

 

SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

Citation: Pettipas v. Poirier, 2010 NSSC 92

 

Date: 20100309

Docket: Hfx. No. 310004

Registry: Halifax

 

Between:

Terrance Bertam Pettipas

Plaintiff

v.

 

Alfred Mark Poirier

Defendant

 

LIBRARY HEADING

 

 

Judge:                         The Honourable Justice Suzanne M. Hood

 

Heard:                              November 10, 2009 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Written Decision:            March 9, 2010

 

Subject:                            Debt v. investment; fiduciary relationship; guarantee

 

Summary:                         Terrence Pettipas sues Mark Poirier for $40,000.00.  Mark Poirier says the money was not a debt owing by him but an investment made by Terrance Pettipas in a company in Texas.  Terrence Pettipas also says Mark Poirier was in a fiduciary relationship with him.  He also says that Mark Poirier guaranteed the return of at least $20,000.00.

 

Issues:                             

1.   Debt

2.   Fiduciary Relationship

3.   Guarantee

 

Result:                              Action dismissed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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