<code>SSL error: certificate verify failed</code> is indication of client-side error. Try to check certificate chains on good and bad location, find missing intermediate certificate (I expect this result) and move it to appropriate place
Fix: I overlooked Mac as source, had Win in mind. Server certs usually live in ~/.subversion/auth/svn.ssl.server/ , you can copy needed file from good client
Adds: if you aren't security-concerned, you can simply use <code>svn checkout --non-interactive --trust-server-cert https://....</code>
I resolve that problem as follows:
Go with Chrome (or other browser that allows to save the certificate) to svn address
Save the certificate file
Install it into Trusted Root Center of Certificates (that could be named with other words, I dont know how exactly that named in english)
Also, changing svn client (from svn tortoise) to another solves problem too.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11052927/svn-handshake-failed-ssl-error