Does the fact that the award is worded as a three award of three and not as a majority of all is not fatal?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Zwirner v. University of Calgary, 1977 ALTASCAD 210 (CanLII):

The fact that the award is worded as an award of three and not as an award of a majority of them is not fatal and any words to the effect that it was an award of all may be treated as surplusage: See White v. Sharp (supra).

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