COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
DATE: 20050513 DOCKET: C41951 and C42502
BEFORE: MACPHERSON, SHARPE and JURIANSZ JJ.A.
BETWEEN:
CANADA TRUSTCO MORTGAGE COMPANY Plaintiff (Respondent)
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NANCY PIERCE, ESTATE TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF TERRENCE DAVID PIERCE, DECEASED Defendant (Appellant)
AND BETWEEN:
NANCY PIERCE Plaintiff (Appellant)
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CANADA TRUSTCO MORTGAGE COMPANY Defendant (Respondent)
COUNSEL: Harry Underwood for the respondent Harvin D. Pitch and William H. Levitt for the appellant
HEARD: February 18, 2005
On appeal from the judgments of Justice Colin L. Campbell of the Superior Court of Justice dated May 20, 2004 and October 5, 2004.
MACPHERSON J.A.:
A. INTRODUCTION
1Terrence Pierce ("Pierce") was an investment counsellor. On May 19, 1999, he and his wife, the appellant Nancy Pierce, entered into a loan agreement with the respondent Canada Trustco Mortgage Company ("Canada Trustco") in the principal amount of $775,000 for a five-year
