Canada: Quebec Appeals Court Cancels Rochambeau Debt Of $500,000 – IOTW Report

Canada: Quebec Appeals Court Cancels Rochambeau Debt Of $500,000

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A $500,000 debt incurred from three games of rock paper scissors is invalid, the Quebec Court of Appeal has ruled.

Edmund Mark Hooper, the unfortunate loser of the classic hand game, took out a mortgage on his house to pay off the debt — a fact that was acknowledged in a notarized contract.

But the Superior Court cancelled that mortgage in a 2017 decision, which was appealed by Michel Primeau, who beat Hooper in the game of rock paper scissors — and won the $517,000 wager.

Primeau told the court the best-of-three game took place in January 2011.

Quebec law stipulates that for a wagering contract to be valid, it must be related to activities “requiring only skill or bodily exertion on the part of the parties,” rather than to chance. Furthermore, the amount wagered must not be excessive. more

11 Comments on Canada: Quebec Appeals Court Cancels Rochambeau Debt Of $500,000

  1. “…Quebec law stipulates that for a wagering contract to be valid, it must be related to activities “requiring only skill or bodily exertion on the part of the parties,” rather than to chance…”

    This was about stupidity, not chance. The court has no business protecting stupidity.

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  2. huron – you obviously understand how Quebec works within the context of Canada.

    Easily the most selfish, spoiled, greedy province in all of Canuckistan who has doomed us to every Liberal Government we have ever had.

    They take from federal coffers at the expense of Alberta and have provincial entitlements NO ONE ELSE in Canada Has.

    $15 per Day Daycare for kids – GOOGLE IT

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