A woman has sued her father over money she provided to him in 2014 toward a down-payment for a Surrey property he planned to flip.
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She said it was a loan, to be repaid with interest after her dad renovated the house and sold it for a profit. But he maintained it was a gift which he intended to return later, along with an additional sum as a 香蕉视频直播渂enefit.香蕉视频直播�
Williams told the court he returned $3,000 of it shorty after he received the cash, at his daughter香蕉视频直播檚 request.
The court heard the money came from a settlement Grenier received for a motor vehicle personal injury claim of $29,662.81, for pain and suffering.
Grenier testified her father dropped by her house one day in April 2014 to tell her he had made a successful bid for a house he was planning to flip but was short on the down-payment and asked her if he could borrow her settlement money. 香蕉视频直播淪he told him she only had $23,000 left,香蕉视频直播� Schultes noted. 香蕉视频直播淢r. Williams said that he could 香蕉视频直播榤ake that work.香蕉视频直播櫹憬妒悠抵辈
She testified that she trusted her dad and wanted to help him out. The court heard she told him a 10 per cent return on the loan was fair.
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For his part, Williams said it was Grenier who suggested he use part of her settlement money for his real estate bid and he would not have shown up at her door asking for money, as she alleged. According to Williams account, Schultes noted, 香蕉视频直播渉e agreed to meet, and after hearing her proposal and 香蕉视频直播榙oing a mental analysis香蕉视频直播� of what was being proposed, he accepted the money.香蕉视频直播�
香蕉视频直播淲hile he did not need the money to carry out the purchase, he thought that 香蕉视频直播榓s a gift to be repaid at some future date with a bonus, it made sense,香蕉视频直播� so he accepted what he described as 香蕉视频直播榓 family gift process.香蕉视频直播櫹憬妒悠抵辈
Williams told the court he maintained at the time of the transaction and repeatedly afterwards that it could not be a loan. But Schultes found otherwise.
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