Commentaire sur la décision Lefrançois c. Lefebvre – L’impossibilité de se ménager la preuve écrite d’un acte juridique selon l’article 2861 du Code civil du Québec

The author comments on a decision in which the Superior Court permitted the Plaintiff to attempt to prove the existence of a verbal contract with his former common law spouse, namely the existence of a prête-nom agreement, by way of his oral testimony alone, the whole based on Article 2861 of the Civil Code of Québec and notwithstanding the fact that the value in dispute exceeded $ 1,500.

Note: The article is written in French.