Lecuyer v. Essex (Town)

Decided: 2026-10-13. Docket: COA-25-CV-0864. Citation: 2026 ONCA 729 (CanLII). Municipalities — Highways — Municipal ownership — Disputed property between two properties — Road allowance shown as a planned road on a registered plan of subdivision — Declaration that the disputed property is a highway — Land Titles Register amended to enter the Town as registered owner — Appeal allowed | Statutory interpretation — Municipal Act, 2001, s. 26 — Registered plan of subdivision — Whether “all road allowances, highways, streets and lanes shown on a registered plan of subdivision” are highways unless closed — Common law doctrine of dedication and acceptance treated as qualifying s. 26, para. 5 — Clear meaning applied — Appeal allowed | Property — Land titles — Vesting of title — Municipal Act, 2001