Musqueam Indian Band v. Glass, docket A-46-98

Date: 19991117

Docket: A-46-98

CORAM:          DESJARDINS J.A.

ROBERTSON J.A.

McDONALD J.A.

BETWEEN:

MUSQUEAM INDIAN BAND and CHIEF JOSEPH RALPH BECKER, ERNIE CAMPBELL, WAYNE SPARROW, LEONA M. SPARROW, NOLAN CHARLES, MARY CHARLES, JOHNNA CRAWFORD, GAIL Y. SPARROW, MYRTLE MCKAY, LARRY GRANT, and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

     Plaintiffs

     (Appellants)

     - and -

MARY GLASS, HIN F. KO, MABEL W. KO, ROY WESTWICK, GWYNETH M. WESTWICK, KERRY-LYNNE FERRIS, STEPHEN W. FINDLAY, NORAH C. FINDLAY, JERRY JANES, DIANA JANES, GREGORY PAPPAS, TASIE PAPPAS, SOLON S. WANG, PETER M. LEE, HERBERT M. LEWIS, ALEXANDER KALINOWSKI, KATARINA KALINOWSKI, JOHN W. WHITEFOOT, SHEILA M. WHITEFOOT, LISBET MACKAY, PIERRE DOW, MONA MCKINNON, WONG L. LEE, MAN-LOONG LEE, JOHN M. GLAISERMAN, JUAN L. G. CAM, ELIZABETH C. CAM, EVELYN M. MURRAY, WILLIAM T. ZIEMBA, JAMES R. THOMPSON, ANN B. THOMPSON, YUM C. LAU, IRENE LAU, JAMES Y.P. KING, TJIN K. TAN, EIJI MURAKAMI, MIYAKO MURAKAMI, THOMAS W.F. FUNG, AMY M. L. CHAN, GERTRUDE HENNEKEN, HANS T. HENNEKEN, HOWARD G. ISMAN, MARJORIE E. ISMAN, STANLEY EVANS, DOROTHY EVANS, KHI YOENG TJIN, WEN-TIEN TAI, KUY-HSIANG HUANG, PHYLLIS WEINSTEIN, PATRICIA LAI, WILFRED E. PATTON, JEAN M. PATTON, ATTILIO GIRARDI, MARY GIRARDI, IRMA E. BOULTER, GEORGE S. BOULTER, JOHN G. CRAGG, OLGA B. CRAGG, HOWARD E. CADINHA, ARLENE B. CADINHA, MARIA C. ORMOND, DOUGLAS R. EYRL, JUDITH F. EYRL, CHEUNG K. CHOI, CHAN P.K. CHOI, CELIA KAAN, CECIL S. C. KAAN, RAMON Y. KAN, HELENA KAN, LESLIE BARA, OTTILIA BARA, ALFRED K. LEE, ESTHER K. LEE, DIANA W. C. SUNG, DONALD C. GRAHAM, WINNIFRED A. GRAHAM, RONALD J. MACKEE, ALEXANDER H. WONG, STELLA L. WONG, EDWARD B. HUYCK, DOROTHY A. HUYCK, FREDERICK S. EDY, ELLEN V. EDY, VICTOR H. HILDEBRAND, JOHN E. EGAN, CHIK. CHING, SIU Y. CHAN, LAVENDER CHU, FREDERICK CHU, GEORGE E. RUSH, ANNE L. RUSH, HERTA J. NEUMANN, CORNELIUS NEUMANN, JAMES A. FORSYTHE, DIANE R. FORSYTHE, PETER J. FUNK, ELIZABETH FUNK, ELFRIEDE MACHEK, ADELHEID MACHEK, LILLIAN P. TOEWS, HUI C. KEUNG, PATRICIA H.K.S. WAH, VADILAL J. MODI, MIRA V. MODI, CHARLES H. SHNIER, ELAINE C. SHNIER, AGNES P.C. SHEN, CAROL M. LAU, DENNIS LAU, MARJORIE MCCLELLAND, ARTHUR NEE, LAURA T. NEE, DONALD W. SCHEIDEMAN, KATHRYN M. SCHEIDEMAN, WILLIAM N. KING, ALLAN J. HUNTER, GRACE K. HUNTER, GRACE NG, IRVING GLASSNER, NOREEN G. GLASSNER, PRISCILLA FRATKIN, NANCY B. BERNER, GREGORY HRYHORCHUK, DARCY L. HRYHORCHUK, ASTLEY E. SMITH, BETTY ANN SMITH, LILY R. ENG.

     Defendants

     (Respondents)

     JUDGMENT

     This appeal is dismissed with costs.

         "Alice Desjardins"

     J.A.

    

Date: 19991117

Docket: A-46-98

CORAM:          DESJARDINS J.A.

ROBERTSON J.A.

McDONALD J.A.

BETWEEN:

MUSQUEAM INDIAN BAND and CHIEF JOSEPH RALPH BECKER, ERNIE CAMPBELL, WAYNE SPARROW, LEONA M. SPARROW, NOLAN CHARLES, MARY CHARLES, JOHNNA CRAWFORD, GAIL Y. SPARROW, MYRTLE MCKAY, LARRY GRANT, and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

     Plaintiffs

     (Appellants)

     - and -

MARY GLASS, HIN F. KO, MABEL W. KO, ROY WESTWICK, GWYNETH M. WESTWICK, KERRY-LYNNE FERRIS, STEPHEN W. FINDLAY, NORAH C. FINDLAY, JERRY JANES, DIANA JANES, GREGORY PAPPAS, TASIE PAPPAS, SOLON S. WANG, PETER M. LEE, HERBERT M. LEWIS, ALEXANDER KALINOWSKI, KATARINA KALINOWSKI, JOHN W. WHITEFOOT, SHEILA M. WHITEFOOT, LISBET MACKAY, PIERRE DOW, MONA MCKINNON, WONG L. LEE, MAN-LOONG LEE, JOHN M. GLAISERMAN, JUAN L. G. CAM, ELIZABETH C. CAM, EVELYN M. MURRAY, WILLIAM T. ZIEMBA, JAMES R. THOMPSON, ANN B. THOMPSON, YUM C. LAU, IRENE LAU, JAMES Y.P. KING, TJIN K. TAN, EIJI MURAKAMI, MIYAKO MURAKAMI, THOMAS W.F. FUNG, AMY M. L. CHAN, GERTRUDE HENNEKEN, HANS T. HENNEKEN, HOWARD G. ISMAN, MARJORIE E. ISMAN, STANLEY EVANS, DOROTHY EVANS, KHI YOENG TJIN, WEN-TIEN TAI, KUY-HSIANG HUANG, PHYLLIS WEINSTEIN, PATRICIA LAI, WILFRED E. PATTON, JEAN M. PATTON, ATTILIO GIRARDI, MARY GIRARDI, IRMA E. BOULTER, GEORGE S. BOULTER, JOHN G. CRAGG, OLGA B. CRAGG, HOWARD E. CADINHA, ARLENE B. CADINHA, MARIA C. ORMOND, DOUGLAS R. EYRL, JUDITH F. EYRL, CHEUNG K. CHOI, CHAN P.K. CHOI, CELIA KAAN, CECIL S. C. KAAN, RAMON Y. KAN, HELENA KAN, LESLIE BARA, OTTILIA BARA, ALFRED K. LEE, ESTHER K. LEE, DIANA W. C. SUNG, DONALD C. GRAHAM, WINNIFRED A. GRAHAM, RONALD J. MACKEE, ALEXANDER H. WONG, STELLA L. WONG, EDWARD B. HUYCK, DOROTHY A. HUYCK, FREDERICK S. EDY, ELLEN V. EDY, VICTOR H. HILDEBRAND, JOHN E. EGAN, CHIK. CHING, SIU Y. CHAN, LAVENDER CHU, FREDERICK CHU, GEORGE E. RUSH, ANNE L. RUSH, HERTA J. NEUMANN, CORNELIUS NEUMANN, JAMES A. FORSYTHE, DIANE R. FORSYTHE, PETER J. FUNK, ELIZABETH FUNK, ELFRIEDE MACHEK, ADELHEID MACHEK, LILLIAN P. TOEWS, HUI C. KEUNG, PATRICIA H.K.S. WAH, VADILAL J. MODI, MIRA V. MODI, CHARLES H. SHNIER, ELAINE C. SHNIER, AGNES P.C. SHEN, CAROL M. LAU, DENNIS LAU, MARJORIE MCCLELLAND, ARTHUR NEE, LAURA T. NEE, DONALD W. SCHEIDEMAN, KATHRYN M. SCHEIDEMAN, WILLIAM N. KING, ALLAN J. HUNTER, GRACE K. HUNTER, GRACE NG, IRVING GLASSNER, NOREEN G. GLASSNER, PRISCILLA FRATKIN, NANCY B. BERNER, GREGORY HRYHORCHUK, DARCY L. HRYHORCHUK, ASTLEY E. SMITH, BETTY ANN SMITH, LILY R. ENG.

     Defendants

     (Respondents)

Matter dealt with in writing without appearances of parties

Judgment rendered at Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday, November 17, 1999

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:      DESJARDINS J.A.

CONCURRED IN BY:      ROBERTSON J.A.

     McDONALD J.A.

    

Date: 19991117

Docket: A-46-98

CORAM:          DESJARDINS J.A.

ROBERTSON J.A.

McDONALD J.A.

BETWEEN:

MUSQUEAM INDIAN BAND and CHIEF JOSEPH RALPH BECKER, ERNIE CAMPBELL, WAYNE SPARROW, LEONA M. SPARROW, NOLAN CHARLES, MARY CHARLES, JOHNNA CRAWFORD, GAIL Y. SPARROW, MYRTLE MCKAY, LARRY GRANT, and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

     Plaintiffs

     (Appellants)

     - and -

MARY GLASS, HIN F. KO, MABEL W. KO, ROY WESTWICK, GWYNETH M. WESTWICK, KERRY-LYNNE FERRIS, STEPHEN W. FINDLAY, NORAH C. FINDLAY, JERRY JANES, DIANA JANES, GREGORY PAPPAS, TASIE PAPPAS, SOLON S. WANG, PETER M. LEE, HERBERT M. LEWIS, ALEXANDER KALINOWSKI, KATARINA KALINOWSKI, JOHN W. WHITEFOOT, SHEILA M. WHITEFOOT, LISBET MACKAY, PIERRE DOW, MONA MCKINNON, WONG L. LEE, MAN-LOONG LEE, JOHN M. GLAISERMAN, JUAN L. G. CAM, ELIZABETH C. CAM, EVELYN M. MURRAY, WILLIAM T. ZIEMBA, JAMES R. THOMPSON, ANN B. THOMPSON, YUM C. LAU, IRENE LAU, JAMES Y.P. KING, TJIN K. TAN, EIJI MURAKAMI, MIYAKO MURAKAMI, THOMAS W.F. FUNG, AMY M. L. CHAN, GERTRUDE HENNEKEN, HANS T. HENNEKEN, HOWARD G. ISMAN, MARJORIE E. ISMAN, STANLEY EVANS, DOROTHY EVANS, KHI YOENG TJIN, WEN-TIEN TAI, KUY-HSIANG HUANG, PHYLLIS WEINSTEIN, PATRICIA LAI, WILFRED E. PATTON, JEAN M. PATTON, ATTILIO GIRARDI, MARY GIRARDI, IRMA E. BOULTER, GEORGE S. BOULTER, JOHN G. CRAGG, OLGA B. CRAGG, HOWARD E. CADINHA, ARLENE B. CADINHA, MARIA C. ORMOND, DOUGLAS R. EYRL, JUDITH F. EYRL, CHEUNG K. CHOI, CHAN P.K. CHOI, CELIA KAAN, CECIL S. C. KAAN, RAMON Y. KAN, HELENA KAN, LESLIE BARA, OTTILIA BARA, ALFRED K. LEE, ESTHER K. LEE, DIANA W. C. SUNG, DONALD C. GRAHAM, WINNIFRED A. GRAHAM, RONALD J. MACKEE, ALEXANDER H. WONG, STELLA L. WONG, EDWARD B. HUYCK, DOROTHY A. HUYCK, FREDERICK S. EDY, ELLEN V. EDY, VICTOR H. HILDEBRAND, JOHN E. EGAN, CHIK. CHING, SIU Y. CHAN, LAVENDER CHU, FREDERICK CHU, GEORGE E. RUSH, ANNE L. RUSH, HERTA J. NEUMANN, CORNELIUS NEUMANN, JAMES A. FORSYTHE, DIANE R. FORSYTHE, PETER J. FUNK, ELIZABETH FUNK, ELFRIEDE MACHEK, ADELHEID MACHEK, LILLIAN P. TOEWS, HUI C. KEUNG, PATRICIA H.K.S. WAH, VADILAL J. MODI, MIRA V. MODI, CHARLES H. SHNIER, ELAINE C. SHNIER, AGNES P.C. SHEN, CAROL M. LAU, DENNIS LAU, MARJORIE MCCLELLAND, ARTHUR NEE, LAURA T. NEE, DONALD W. SCHEIDEMAN, KATHRYN M. SCHEIDEMAN, WILLIAM N. KING, ALLAN J. HUNTER, GRACE K. HUNTER, GRACE NG, IRVING GLASSNER, NOREEN G. GLASSNER, PRISCILLA FRATKIN, NANCY B. BERNER, GREGORY HRYHORCHUK, DARCY L. HRYHORCHUK, ASTLEY E. SMITH, BETTY ANN SMITH, LILY R. ENG.

     Defendants

     (Respondents)

     REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

     The appellants have appealed a decision of Rothstein J., as he then was, in which he concluded that no pre-judgment interests on unpaid rent since June 8, 1995, were to be awarded since the relief sought by the appellants was a declaratory judgment that related to money and not a pecuniary judgment within the terms of subsection 1(1) of the Court Order Interest Act of British Columbia¹ applicable by operation of subsection 36(1) of the Federal Court Act.

     After having reviewed the written representation made by both parties, I come to the conclusion that the trial judge made no error and that his decision ought not to be disturbed.

     I would dismiss this appeal with costs.

"Alice Desjardins"

     J.A.

"I agree

Joseph T. Robertson, J.A."

"I agree

F. Joseph McDonald, J.A."

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¹R.S.B.C. c. 79.