Does a court have authority or authority to enforce a contract where the Corporation of the Village of Dunnville signed and used an article in the Corporations Act, 8.R. 524?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Waterous Engine Works Co. v. Palmerston (Township), 1892 CanLII 26 (ON CA):
The case of Silsby v. The Corporation of the Village of Dunnville, 8 A.R. 524, was a case of an executed contract, where the council had actually accepted and used the article, but, whether rightly or wrongly decided, is no authority for holding that this contract can be enforced.
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