Chapter 3: Wanted Dead or Alive
“THE BOUNTY”
In the complex legal battle over the Broder estate, one pivotal moment came to be known by those involved as “the ambush.”
This event centered on a critical procedural maneuver by Elizabeth MacInnis, the lawyer representing Donald Broder’s siblings, who sought to push the lawsuit to trial by forcing the pleadings closed before the legal groundwork had been laid by apply for probate to appoint Personal Representatives and substituting them is successful as the Plaintiff’s to this action.
At the heart of the matter was a fundamental legal principle: no individual sibling had the right to sue over estate property without probate. Probate is the formal court process that validates a deceased person’s will and appoints a Personal Representative to manage the estate. Without probate and an appointed representative, no party could properly claim standing to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the deceased’s belongings.
Despite this, in late 2000, MacInnis sought to file the Certificate of Readiness, a legal document that effectively closes pleadings and signals readiness to proceed to trial. This was a critical juncture. By closing the pleadings before probate was granted, MacInnis aimed to block Donald and his son Craig from reinitiating an outstanding 129 Application that had been adjourned that would raise the issue that the Plaintiff’s in their personal have no legal standing to sue only the Personal Representative has that right. Case Law supporting was Mugford v. Mugford
Donald and Craig refused to consent to closing the pleadings. They understood that agreeing would mean losing their strongest procedural defense to avoid going to trial on a law suit that had no merit avoiding the wasted time and money for a trial that would be dismissed. Their refusal set the stage for what they viewed as an ambush because Elizabeth MacInnis of Weir Bowen applied for a Court order to force the Pleadings closed on herself to railroad. The ambush in the Court’s eyes was Donald Broder and Craig Broder’s lawyer Robert Sawers allowed Elizabeth MacInnis to ambush herself.
Despite their refusal, MacInnis proceeded to apply for probate months after the pleadings had been ordered closed. This sequence of actions was legally problematic. The plaintiffs lacked standing at the start of the case, and attempting to retroactively gain that standing after the pleadings were Ordered closed was unprecedented and raised questions of fairness and due process.
This maneuver not only escalated the conflict but also exposed deep procedural flaws and a conflict of interest, as MacInnis represented both the personal plaintiffs and, eventually, the estate’s appointed Personal Representatives. The ambush, therefore, was more than a mere tactical ploy; it became a symbol of the tangled legal and ethical challenges that haunted this case.
For Donald and Craig Broder, this ambush was a clear attempt to silence their lawful objections and force a verdict without fully addressing the foundational questions of legal authority and standing. Their resistance became a cornerstone of their defense, illustrating how procedural tactics can shape, for better or worse, the course of justice.
Elizabeth MacInnis / Moir had her daddy’s Justice Moir’s friend all come to her aid, as you will read in the transcript of Guy Lacourciere affidavit with his lawyer Raymond Wong present. Below is page 28 of the court reporter hire by Donald Broder to take short hand and provide transcripts of the questions and answers. Craig Broder is asking the “Q” question and Guy Lacourciere is providing the “A” answers.
“FIRST BOUNTY ON HIS HEAD”
Justice Myra Bielby agreed with Elizabeth MacInnis to jail Donald Broder at Edmonton Remand Center for not adhering to her 2004 Court Order, with a bounty on his head turn over the Broder Buck or tell us what you did with it if you want to get out of jail! “Below” Guy Lacourciere of Lacourciere and Associates extorts $235,347.30 cdn from Joyce Broder to secure the release of her 75 year-old husband from the Edmonton Remand Center for which he was taken into custody on April 23, 2004.
Guy Lacourciere turns over the $235,175.00 to Elizabeth MacInnis on May 4, 2004 and Donald Broder is released from Edmonton Remand Centre on May 5, 2004.
Antler man out of Jail – Saga alright that all TONY BLAIS Court Bureau got correct. Paragraph 3 below states;
“The Sundre man spent 11 days behind bars after being found in contempt for refusing to obey a court order directing him the hand over the prized mule deer trophy to the estate of his father, who shot the animal in 1926.“ It was Elizabeth MacInnis that was in contempt for not obeying the Justice J. L. Lewis and Chief Justice A. H. Wachowich Court orders from December 18, 2000 and February 13, 2001.
“SECOND BOUNTY ON HIS HEAD”
May 5, 2011 – Donald Broder initiated a lawsuit at Calgary Law Courts Donald Broder vs. Elizabeth MacInnis, Joseph Kueber, Robert Sawyers , Guy Lacourciere, and Bryan Kickham alleging conspiracy to defraud, extortion, obstruction of justice and collusion to orchestrate the outcome of Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench 9703-12949. You should have seen their expressions of fear when they were served with a Statement of Claim.
