{"id":8521,"date":"2015-04-03T10:05:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T14:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.edilex.com\/non-respect-de-lobligation-de-divulgation-la-cour-dappel-reitere-limportance-de-prouver-les-dommages\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:58:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:58:18","slug":"non-respect-de-lobligation-de-divulgation-la-cour-dappel-reitere-limportance-de-prouver-les-dommages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edilex.com\/fr\/blog\/2015\/04\/03\/non-respect-de-lobligation-de-divulgation-la-cour-dappel-reitere-limportance-de-prouver-les-dommages\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-respect de l’obligation de divulgation: la Cour d’appel r\u00e9it\u00e8re l’importance de prouver les dommages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dans une d\u00e9cision r\u00e9cente<\/span><\/a><\/span>, la Cour d’appel s’est pench\u00e9e sur l’\u00e9tendue de l’obligation de se renseigner et l’obligation de divulgation dans le cadre de la vente de la totalit\u00e9 des actions d’une soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Cette d\u00e9cision \u00e9nonce qu’en l’absence de dommages pour l’acheteur, le manquement du vendeur \u00e0 son obligation de divulgation ne donne pas lieu \u00e0 compensation.<\/p>\n

Faits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cette affaire oppose les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s 9036-5560 Qu\u00e9bec inc. et Jos Besson (1993) inc. (les \u00abAcheteurs\u00bb) \u00e0 Jean-Yves Lecavalier (le \u00abVendeur\u00bb). Apr\u00e8s avoir fait l’acquisition de la totalit\u00e9 des actions de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du Vendeur, les Acheteurs r\u00e9alisent, entre autres choses, que celui-ci ne leur a pas divulgu\u00e9 l’existence d’une dette exigible de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 s’\u00e9levant \u00e0 plus de 83 000$.<\/p>\n

En raison de cette omission, les Acheteurs r\u00e9clament au Vendeur le remboursement du prix de la dette non divulgu\u00e9e. En demande reconventionnelle, le Vendeur r\u00e9clame le paiement des sommes dues dans le cadre de la vente de la totalit\u00e9 des actions.<\/p>\n

Premi\u00e8re instance<\/strong><\/p>\n

La Cour sup\u00e9rieure a, en partie, donn\u00e9 raison aux Acheteurs. Elle est d’avis que la dette camoufl\u00e9e constitue une information financi\u00e8re importante que le Vendeur aurait d\u00fb divulguer. De plus, la Cour rejette l’argument du Vendeur selon lequel les Acheteurs auraient manqu\u00e9 \u00e0 leur obligation de se renseigner. Ce faisant, elle accueille l’action des Acheteurs, de m\u00eame que la demande reconventionnelle du Vendeur en op\u00e9rant compensation entre les sommes qu’ils se doivent r\u00e9ciproquement. Insatisfait de cette d\u00e9cision, le Vendeur porte la cause en appel.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9cision<\/strong><\/p>\n

L’appel est accueilli en partie. Au soutien de son pourvoi, le Vendeur plaide que les Acheteurs ont manqu\u00e9 de prudence et de diligence quant \u00e0 leur obligation de se renseigner.<\/p>\n

La Cour d’appel rejette cependant cet argument puisqu’elle est d’avis que la port\u00e9e de l’obligation de se renseigner est, en l’esp\u00e8ce, att\u00e9nu\u00e9e par les remarques du Vendeur et de l’expert comptable de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ayant fait l’objet de la vente. En effet, tous deux \u00e9taient d’avis que les \u00e9tats financiers fournis aux Acheteurs \u00e9taient repr\u00e9sentatifs de la situation de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. L’\u00e9tendue de cette obligation est \u00e9galement r\u00e9duite en raison des garanties donn\u00e9es par le Vendeur, \u00e0 savoir que les dettes de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9taient acquitt\u00e9es au fur et \u00e0 mesure de leur \u00e9ch\u00e9ance.<\/p>\n

Ainsi, la Cour est d’avis qu’\u00abon\u00a0ne saurait reprocher \u00e0 l\u2019intim\u00e9e\u00a09036 de ne pas avoir d\u00e9couvert l\u2019existence de la dette camoufl\u00e9e par l\u2019appelant, alors que m\u00eame le comptable de l\u2019entreprise n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 en mesure de l\u2019identifier\u00bb.<\/p>\n

Malgr\u00e9 cette conclusion, la Cour partage l’avis du Vendeur selon lequel la Cour sup\u00e9rieure a err\u00e9 en le condamnant au paiement de la dette. Bien que le Vendeur ait commis une faute en camouflant l’existence d’une dette exigible, les Acheteurs n’ont subi aucun dommage. En effet, ils n’ont pas d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que le prix de vente des actions aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 moins \u00e9lev\u00e9 si la dette avait \u00e9t\u00e9 divulgu\u00e9e. De plus, contrairement \u00e0 ce que les Acheteurs soutiennent, la d\u00e9monstration d’une faute n’entra\u00eene pas le renversement du fardeau de preuve sur les \u00e9paules du Vendeur \u00e0 l’\u00e9gard des dommages.<\/p>\n

Cette d\u00e9cision r\u00e9it\u00e8re donc que, conform\u00e9ment au principe g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e9nonc\u00e9 \u00e0 l’article 1607 C.c.Q., un pr\u00e9judice doit r\u00e9sulter du manquement \u00e0 l’obligation de divulgation pour que la partie l\u00e9s\u00e9e ait droit \u00e0 une compensation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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