What is the meaning of a demand in real estate law?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Edmonton Savings & Credit Union Ltd. v. Grandin Park Barbershop & Beauty Parlor Ltd., 1985 CanLII 1321 (AB QB):
Chitty, J., states further at p. 306: "With regard to the other cases, there is Sicklemore v. Thistleton; but upon that it appears to me, there could have been little doubt as to the meaning of the parties that the demand did mean a demand, as was there held, the only difference in the case being that there was two covenants. It is not necessary to cite any further authority, and I am of opinion that the right of action did not accrue against the testator till demand made, and it is admitted that the demand was made for the first time in 1889. …"
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