Can a mortgagor’s solicitor refuse to accept a mortgage?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Nesci v. Ramrattan, 2009 CanLII 5153 (ON SC):

In the case of Salmon v. Morguard Trust Co., supra, at para. 39 cited to O.J., Osler J. held that the mortgage had not been created because [t]he mortgagor, however, cannot demand to be paid by his solicitor until that solicitor has fulfilled the conditions upon which the money was advanced. A trust is impressed upon the mortgagor’s solicitor but the beneficiary, the mortgagor, cannot call for payment until the conditions under which the funds have been advanced have been fulfilled.”

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