Does a father have to be identified as the registered owner of the vehicle in the purchase agreement of a motor vehicle?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Graham v. Lemay, 2016 ONCA 55 (CanLII):
In Hayduk v. Pidoborozny, 1972 CanLII 136 (SCC), [1972] S.C.R. 879, the respondent father was the registered owner of the motor vehicle. In the purchase agreement, he was identified as the purchaser for the purpose of guaranteeing the purchase price. However, his son had paid for the vehicle, had exclusive possession and control of the vehicle, and was driving it at the time of the accident.
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