Is a grantor’s intent to grant a grant to a private company when the actual intention of the grantor is not understood?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Kolic v Kolic, 2019 BCSC 1463 (CanLII):

As the Court of Appeal emphasized in Bergen v. Bergen, 2013 BCCA 492, “the actual intention of the grantor is the governing consideration” (at para. 38).

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