The plaintiff, a former municipal councillor, brought a motion for summary judgment to quash a municipal by-law that authorized the deduction of postage expenses from his severance pay.
The court found that the municipality lacked the statutory authority to enact a by-law directed specifically at recovering an expense from a single individual's severance pay.
The court concluded that the municipality acted unreasonably, arbitrarily, and in bad faith.
The by-law was declared illegal and quashed.
