{"id":155450,"date":"2025-09-19T18:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155450\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:44:12","slug":"supreme-court-of-canada-sides-with-toronto-couple-over-disputed-portion-of-their-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155450\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court of Canada sides with Toronto couple over disputed portion of their backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Jim Bronskill<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted September 19, 2025 12:53 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court of Canada says a\u00a0Toronto\u00a0couple owns a portion of their backyard that became the subject of a lengthy dispute after they discovered the municipality was the title holder.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298208_703_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pawel Kosicki and Megan Munro bought the residential property in 2017 and learned several years later that the City of\u00a0Toronto\u00a0held title to a part of their yard enclosed by a chain-link fence.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298209_554_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>Kosicki and Munro asked the city about purchasing the portion in question, which they had maintained as their own and used as a play area for their children.<\/p>\n<p>The city refused and the couple went to court seeking a declaration of adverse possession, more commonly known as squatter\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11436436\/toyota-recall-70k-vehicles-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Toyota-recall-70K.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tToyota recalls more than 70K vehicles in Canada\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11434416\/jimmy-kimmel-comments-about-charlie-kirks-death\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758307452_182_jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s what Jimmy Kimmel said about the Charlie Kirk shooting\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Superior Court ruled against Kosicki and Munro, a decision upheld by the province\u2019s Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>In its decision, the Supreme Court sided with the couple, saying that under the applicable statutory rules the city\u2019s title to the land was extinguished over four decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Toronto<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Posted September 19, 2025 12:53 pm 1 min read Descrease article 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