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3,926.
Wright & Carson v. Brake Service Ltd. - [1926] SCR 434 - 1926-05-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
William A. Wright, Chalon E Corson, Canadian Raybestos Company, Limited (Plaintiffs) Appellants;
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3,927.
National Life Assur. Co. Of Canada v. McCoubrey - [1926] SCR 277 - 1926-03-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
Gregory v. Williams[1]; Re Empress Engineering Co.[2]; Gandy v. Gandy[3].
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3,928.
Porter v. Armstrong - [1926] SCR 328 - 1926-03-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
William Washbrough Foster (Defendant). 1926: February 03; 1926: March 13
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3,929.
Stuart v. The King - [1926] SCR 284 - 1926-02-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsExpropriation
Mignault J.—On the 29th of May, 1923, the Attorney General of Canada, on behalf of His Majesty the King, exhibited in the Exchequer Court an information to which Roland Stuart and John Roper Hull and the Royal Trust Company, executors of the estate of William James Roper, deceased, were made defendants. [...] 149, in favour of one William J. Roper for $10,000, the full amount whereof had been paid to the trustees of the Roper’s estate, but a final discharge of the mortgage had not yet been registered; (b) a mortgage dated the 11th of February, 1912, over lots 9011, 9565, 9565A and 9566 in favour of William J. Malcolm to secure [...] the sum of $22,000, including therein the said sum of $22,000 paid as aforesaid to discharge the said mortgage held by William J. Malcolm.
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3,930.
City of St. John v. Donald - [1926] SCR 371 - 1926-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
As early as 1861, however, in Pickard v. Smith[72], Williams J., delivering the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, could find no sound distinction between the case of a public highway and of a road which may be, and to the knowledge of the wrongdoer will in fact be, used by persons lawfully entitled to do so.
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3,931.
California Prune & Apricot Growers, Inc. v. Baird and Peters - [1926] SCR 208 - 1925-12-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
It is not disputed that Mr. William S. Clawson was the agent of Sainsbury Bros, at Saint John.
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3,932.
Northern Grain Co. v. Goderich Elevator & Transit Co. - [1926] SCR 120 - 1925-12-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
DUFF J.—The appellant company, which carries on business as a grain dealer with its principal place of business at Winnipeg, in the spring of 1923 had a considerable quantity of grain in elevators at Port Arthur and Fort William. [...] P.S.—We will give you advices of forwarding as soon as the same is loaded at Fort William. [...] Martian, ex Fort William May 28, in care of your good selves at Goderich, contained in Hold no. 3, shipment for our account of 24, 427.12 of no. 2 feed oats had gone forward.
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3,933.
SCR | RCS [1925] - 1925-11-04
Canada Supreme Court Reports162 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA [1925] 1925 of Fort William, to Fort William and Port Arthur, and all points east, beyond the maximum rates specified in the Crow's Nest Pass Act and GOv'Ts.OF ALTA., SAS%., Agreement, and referred to in chapter 41, Statutes of Canada (1922). [...] to traffic westbound MAN. from Fort William and from all points east of Fort William now on the V. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's railway; or, are such rates confined CAN. PAC. to westbound traffic originating at Fort William and at such points east Rv. Co. of Fort William as were at the date of the passing of the [...] Solicitor for other respondents: William Johnston. (1) 31 O.R. 124. (3) [1898] A.C. 447.
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3,934.
Corporation Agencies Ltd. v. Home Bank of Canada - [1925] SCR 706 - 1925-11-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsFinancial institutions
On the face of these Williams was, without showing authority to do so, drawing cheques for his own purposes on the respondents' funds at their bankers. [...] Banking Company[31], where two firms were carrying on different businesses, Esson & Company, which was largely indebted to the respondent bank, and of which William Esson was a member, and Creighton & Company, of which the appellant Samuel Creighton and William Esson were also members, Creighton having no interest [...] Sir William Ritchie C.J., gave the following reasons for judgment in agreement with the other members of the court:
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3,935.
MacKenzie v. Grand Trunk Pacific Ry. Co. - [1926] SCR 178 - 1925-11-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
John William Mackenzie (Plaintiff) Appellant; and The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company (Defendant) Respondent.
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3,936.
Murray v. Delta Copper Co. - [1926] SCR 144 - 1925-11-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William F. Murray and others (Plaintiffs) Appellants; and The Delta Copper Company Ltd. and others (Defendants) Respondents
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3,937.
Lingle v. Knox Bros Ltd. - [1925] SCR 659 - 1925-10-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
William A. Hanrahan and Others (Defendants) Respondents. 1924: March 10; 1924: May, 13.
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3,938.
Ashbridge v. Shaver - [1925] SCR 694 - 1925-06-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
By the material filed in support of the motion, it appears that the appellants claim to be cousins and the heirs at law and first of kin of the late William Henry Hill, of Toronto, who died on the 30th January, 1923. [...] They had lodged a caveat; and, upon their motion, an order was made, removing the case from the Surrogate Court into the Supreme Court of Ontario and nominating the respondent Shaver, the sole executor named in the last will and testament of the late William Henry Hill, as plaintiff, and all others interested as defendants.
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3,939.
Parker v. Kogos - [1925] SCR 513 - 1925-06-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
NEWCOMBE J.—By agreement of 20th July, 1922, the defendant (respondent) agreed to purchase from Arthur William Jones and Arthur Philip Luxton, trustees under the will of the late Arthur Wellesley Vowell, deceased, certain real estate in the city of Vancouver for the sum of $85,000 payable, $6,000 on the execution of the [...] being the balance due and owing under a certain agreement for the sale and purchase of the said lands dated the 20th day of July, 1922, between Arthur William Jones and Arthur Philip Luxton, trustees under the will of Arthur Wellesley Vowell, deceased, which said agreement and the payments due thereunder the
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3,940.
The King v. Eastern Terminal Elevator Co. - [1925] SCR 434 - 1925-05-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
This statute divides Canada into two divisions for inspectional purposes, the Western division (by for the most important) comprising that part of the Dominion to the west of the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William, these two cities included, and the Eastern Division which lies to the east of Port Arthur. [...] The inspected car then proceeds to Fort William or Port Arthur, the inspectors' certificate reaching there at the same time or earlier, and then being in the possession of an officer of the Board. [...] It should be remarked that at terminal points like Port Arthur and Fort William there are also private elevators, said to be considerably more numerous than the public ones.
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3,941.
Pérodeau v. Hamill - [1925] SCR 289 - 1925-03-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Newcombe J.—When on 28th November, 1916, the late William J. Rafferty of Montreal was confined at the Hotel Dieu in his last illness, his wife, at his request, communicated by telephone with the firm of notaries known as Stuart, Cox, McKenna & Pérodeau, practising at Montreal, and requested Mr. McKenna of the firm to [...] dealing in good faith under the belief that he was a partner, and that the evidence, far from establishing belief, pointed rather to the conclusion that neither the deceased William J. Rafferty nor his wife entertained any belief as to Pérodeau's association in the business, or as to whether he were or were not a partner.
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3,942.
Governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba v. Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. - [1925] SCR 155 - 1925-02-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
(c) Are the rates therein provided applicable to traffic westbound from Fort William and from all points east of Fort William now on the Canadian Pacific Railway company's railway; or, are such rates confined to westbound traffic originating at Fort William and at such points east of Fort William as were, at the date of the [...] of Fort William, to Fort William and Port Arthur, and all points east, beyond the maximum rates specified in the Crow's Nest Pass Act and Agreement, and referred to in chapter 41, Statutes of Canada (1922). [...] (a) Are the rates therein provided applicable to traffic westbound from Fort William and from all points east of Fort William now on the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's railway; or, are such rates confined to westbound traffic originating at Fort William and at such points east of Fort William as were at the date of the
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3,943.
Orpen v. Roberts - [1925] SCR 364 - 1925-02-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Solicitor for other respondents: William Johnston. [1] 26 Ont. W.N. 401.
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3,944.
Petrie v. Rideout - [1925] SCR 347 - 1925-02-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
William M. Petrie and Others (Defendants) Appellants; and George R. Rideout and Another (Plaintiffs) Respondents. [...] the defendants have refused and neglected to restore the said goods, or to satisfy the judgment obtained against the said defendant, William M. Petrie, [...] The appellants contend that there are clearly two alternatives in the said condition, the first one of which is that William M. Petrie, the plaintiff, shall prosecute his suit "with effect and without delay."
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3,945.
Canadian Drug Co. v. Board of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council - [1925] SCR 23 - 1924-12-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
72 Prince William Street, St. John, N.B. Gentlemen: I have your favour of the 13th inst., and in reply would say that I expect to be in St. John to-morrow (the 17th inst.), when I shall personally take up with you the subject matter to which you make reference in your communication.
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3,946.
Webb v. Dipenta - [1925] SCR 565 - 1924-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
No repudiation by Webb resulting from the mere alienation to Reeves, in the absence of communication to respondents, could affect the latter's right to insist upon specific performance so far as possible (Williams, Vendor & Purchaser, 3rd ed., vol. 1, p. 14). [...] The following extract from Williams, Vendor and Purchaser (3rd ed., vol. 1, page 536), is in point:—
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3,947.
In Re Stone - [1924] SCR 682 - 1924-11-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William Stone Respondents. and The Attorney General of Saskatchewan Respondents. [...] gone to William Stone, the other illegitimate son of Sarah Newton Stone. [...] The appeal therefore fails and I would dismiss it with costs against the appellant in favour of the respondent William Stone.
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3,948.
Lew v. Lee - [1924] SCR 612 - 1924-11-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
So far as we are aware doubt has never been thrown on the view expressed by the Court of Exchequer in Griffith v. Williams[13] (a case of breach of promise of marriage where the plaintiff had died after a rule nisi for a new trial had been obtained but before argument), that a court of appeal may, in order to prevent a
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3,949.
SCR | RCS [1924] - 1924-11-19
Canada Supreme Court Reports— v. McDonald Grasett v. Carter Great West Saddlery Co. v. The King Griffith v. Williams.. [...] Gaston Williams v. The King (3). Newcombe K.C. and J. Philip Bill for the respondent. [...] 640 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA [1924] 1924 WILLIAM DIXON AND UXOR (PLAINTIFFS) .
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3,950.
Vancouver Milling and Grain Co. v. C.C. Ranch Co. - [1924] SCR 671 - 1924-11-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
In this I think there is considerable force and especially when, as it turned out, cars could have been got for shipments easterly as far as Fort William.