My uncle enjoyed fishing and hunting and he twice bought outfitter resorts in the woods, that he would operate for a few years and then resell. After he purchased a small hotel in the Laurentians, a bit over an hour from Montréal. He apparently expected similar experience to his outfitting days but without having to live in the boondocks.

And that’s when things started to unravel. Despite the name hotel the establishment was mostly a restaurant and bar. Something he had operated in the boondocks. But while his outfitting customers would have a few drinks at the bar before retiring early so as to rise early to go fishing or hunting the patrons of the hotel were birds of a different feather. There was a handful of them who would stay, forcing my uncle to man, or pay someone to tend, the bar. And this annoyed him to no end.

When spring came and the lake on shore of which his hotel was located thawed he noticed that a small corner of the grounds was flooded. Just a few square metres and nothing that threatened the buildings. But he jumped on that and sued the seller for this being a hidden defect and asked the court to nullify the sale.

He didn’t go very far with that and later try to sue his lawyer for taking such a ridiculous case.