Does the manner of a cheque being sent first suggests the beneficiary was held hostage for the release of the cheque?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bronson v. Hewitt, 2010 BCSC 169 (CanLII):
In Rooney Estate v. Stewart Estate, [2007] O.J. No. 3944 (Sup. Ct. J.) the court noted at para. 39: “[t]he manner of sending the release first and the cheque later suggests the “beneficiary was held hostage for the release.”
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