Is it only the intention or understanding of the donor that governs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Young Estate (Re) v. Szabo, 2015 BCSC 388 (CanLII):
It is only the intention of the donor that governs, not the intention or understanding of the transferee or anyone else: Nishi v. Rascal Trucking, (2013) SCC 33, at para. 30.
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