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4,726.
Church v. Fenton - (1880) 5 SCR 239 - 1880-06-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
William John Fenton (Defendant) Respondent. 1880: March 23; 1880: June 21.
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4,727.
Citizens' and The Queen Insurance Cos. v. Parsons - (1880) 4 SCR 215 - 1880-06-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Parsons Respondent. The Queen Insurance Co. Appellants; and [...] William Parsons Respondent. _ The Western Assurance Co. Appellants; [...] Mr. William Valentine, President of, and selected by, the Chamber of Commerce, Belfast, answered:
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4,728.
Farmer v. Living Stone - (1880) 5 SCR 221 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
William Guy Living-Stone Respondent. 1880: May 12; 1880: June 10.
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4,729.
Mowat v. McFee - (1880) 5 SCR 66 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsFishery
William McFee Respondent 1880: May 4, 5; 1880: June 10. Present.—Ritchie, C. J., and Fournier, Henry, Taschereau, and Gwynne, J.J.
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4,730.
Parsons v. Standard Fire Insurance Co. - (1880) 5 SCR 233 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Parsons (Plaintiff) Appellant; and The Standard Fire Insurance Company (Defendants) Respondents.
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4,731.
Wheler v. Gibbs - (1880) 4 SCR 430 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
William Henry Gibbs Respondent 1880: March 22; 1880: June 10. Present.—Ritchie, C. J., and Fournier, Henry, Taschereau and Gwynne, J. J. [...] A. Mr. William Jones, and I think Mr. Edward Munday. I do not recollect positively whether there were any more. [...] But we have also the Ontario Elections Act which contains a similar proviso to that contained in the Dominion Elections Act, and under that clause the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sir William Buell Richards, while Chief Justice of Ontario, held that "expenses for actual professional services performed," meant
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4,732.
McConaghy v. Denmark - (1880) 4 SCR 609 - 1880-04-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Secondly, his death; and, thirdly, that William Lemoine was his heir. [...] Without evidence of all three the deed of William Lemoine is worthless as a conveyance under the grant to Joseph Lemoine. [...] William Morgan lived at the rear of the lot for 12 years, 25 years ago.
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4,733.
SCR | RCS (1880) vol 3 - 1880-04-13
Canada Supreme Court ReportsSee .Panton y. Williams (1) ; Rev. Stat. Nova Scotia, 4th series, c. 91, sec. 266. [...] Solicitor for appellants : T. T. Wallace. 1879 ROBERT WILLIAM STANDLY et al.......APPELLANTS ; *Jan'y 23. [...] Je me contenterai de dire que je partage l'opinion exprimée à ce sujet par le juge en chef Sir William Young.
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4,734.
Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Brodie - (1879) 5 SCR 1 - 1880-04-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
WILLIAM BRODIE. Respondent. 1879: Nov 5; 1879: Nov 7; 1879: Nov 8; 1880: April 10 [...] Kerr on Fraud and Mistake ([1]) ; Principal of Harris v. Pepperell ([2]); Webster v. Cecil ([3]); Wood v. Searth([4]); Calverley v Williams ([5]); Brown v. Blackwell ([6]). [...] à payer les frais encourus par le procureur de Brodie ; elle est en ces termes " and furthermore the said company are willing to pay and hereby offer to pay the costs incurred " by the said William Brodie to his attorney and which " costs the said company have already heretofore tendered to the said William Brodie."
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4,735.
O'Brien v. The Queen - (1880) 4 SCR 529 - 1880-03-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William Desmond O'Brien Appellant And The Queen Respondent 1879: Feb'y. 4; 1880: March 13. [...] 2. For the erroneous admission as evidence for the defence of certain reports and written papers signed by one William Marshall, the same not having been duly verified nor the statements therein proved by evidence. [...] It is shown that a man named William Marshall, apparently a very competent person, was the officer in constant supervision and direction of the works.
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4,736.
Chevrier v. The Queen - (1880) 4 SCR 1 - 1880-03-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
Present: The Honorable Mr. Justice Smith; William K. McCord, Esquire, Circuit Judge. [...] I refer to the deed of sale (exhibit of the respondent), dated 17th May, 1855, to the Crown, represented by William F. Coffin and Thomas McCord, Esquires, as attorneys for the Commissioners of Public Works, from Andrew Leamy and Erexina Wright, his wife. [...] A similar interpretation has been given to the same clause by Sir William Richards, in the case of Wood vs.
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4,737.
McLeod v. New Brunswick Ry. Co. - (1880) 5 SCR 281 - 1880-02-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The plaintiffs, being the owners in fee of certain lands in the County of Madawaska, granted to William H. Cunliffe and S. Walter Stephens a license to cut lumber thereon, of which license a copy is hereunto annexed, marked "A." [...] [1] See Turner v. Dodwell, 3 E. & B. 140; Belshaw v. Bush, 11 C. B. O. S. 205; Griffiths v. Owen, 13 M. & W. 64; James v. Williams, 13 M. & W. 828, 833.
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4,738.
Wheeler v. Gibbs - (1879) 3 SCR 374 - 1879-12-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
William Henry Gibbs Respondent 1879: Nov. 3; 1879: Nov. 10; 1879: Dec. 12; 1879: Dec. 20. [...] It was also contended that, as the seventh day was a Sunday, the notice was good, but the Court, Williams J., said: "The question I had to determine arises upon the distinct language of the statute, and upon that language how can I say that this notice was given within six days.
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4,739.
McKenzie v. Kittridge - (1879) 4 SCR 368 - 1879-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Williams, J., says: The question which I have to determine arises upon the distinct language of the statute: and upon that language how can I say that this notice was given within six days?
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4,740.
Fraser v. Pouliot - (1879) 4 SCR 515 - 1879-12-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
WILLIAM FRASER Appellant; And J. B. POULIOT, es-qualité Respondent. [...] La 2e sec. autorise les Appelants William et Edouard Fraser à vendre et aliéner conjointement par lots et portions le domaine de la dite seigneurie,—pourvu toujours que cette vente soit faite pour une rente foncière non. rachetable, on pour une rente constituée. [...] La 3e sec. declare que les dits William et Edouard Fraser ne pourront recevoir et placer le capital des rentes constituées sans le consentement du tuteur à la substitution.
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4,741.
Lenoir v. Ritchie - (1879) 3 SCR 575 - 1879-11-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
"Charles B. Owen, S. H. Morse, Henry Fryor, Henry A. Grantham, William Howe, Hon. P. Carteret Hill, Alexander James, Peter H. LeNoir, James Thompson, James W. Johnston, William A. Johnston, M. H. Richey, Hon. Mather Byles Des Brisay, Hon. Daniel McDonald, J. N. Shannon Marshall, Robert G. Haliburton, Hon. Otto S. Weeks, J. [...] I further submit that the writ of scire facias is not as contended for the only proceeding to avoid Letters Patent, their validity may be questioned in actions at law, Perry v. Skinner[14]; William's Saunders rep.[15]; Foster on Scire Facias[16]. [...] Je me contenterai de dire que je partage l'opinion exprimée à ce sujet par le juge en chef Sir William Young.
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4,742.
Oakes v. The City of Halifax - (1879) 4 SCR 640 - 1879-10-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
Solicitor for respondents: William Sutherland.
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4,743.
McLean v. Hannon - (1879) 3 SCR 706 - 1879-06-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Solicitor for respondent: William M. Fuller ton. [1] 11 C. B. 1015.
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4,744.
Chapman v. Larin - (1879) 4 SCR 349 - 1879-05-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
As to evidence necessary to establish a custom, see Williams v. [Page 355]
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4,745.
Standly v. Perry - (1879) 3 SCR 356 - 1879-05-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
Robert William Standly et al. (Plaintiffs) Appellants; and Ebenezer Perry et al.
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4,746.
Great Western Railway v. Brown - (1879) 3 SCR 159 - 1879-04-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
In Williams v. Gt. Western Railway Co.[14]: The defendants’ line crossed a public foot-path on the level, but the defendants had not erected any gate or stile, as provided by 8 and 9 Vic., cap. 20 sec. 61.
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4,747.
Gunn v. Cox - (1879) 3 SCR 296 - 1879-04-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
William Cox Respondent 1879: Feb'y 11; 1879: April 16. Present—Ritchie, C. J., and Fournier, Henry, Taschereau and Gywnne, J.J. [...] See Panton v. Williams[1]; Rev. Stat. Nova Scotia, 4th series, c. 91, sec. 266.
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4,748.
SCR | RCS (1879) vol 2 - 1879-04-15
Canada Supreme Court ReportsBesides the general issue Appellants pleaded that the ultimate result of the transactions between William Darling Sen. and William Darling Tun., made William Darling Sen. not a creditor but a debtor. [...] Co. to the said late William Darling Sen., and which was in the hands of the said William Darling Tun. He, William Darling Jun., denied the debt and pleaded prescription of five and six years against the same. [...] If William, then was the transfer under the power a good and valid conveyance of William's interest to Wallbridge?
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4,749.
Taylor v. Wallbridge - (1879) 2 SCR 616 - 1879-04-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
On the 9th November, 1847, William assigned same to George Taylor. On the 12th April, 1851, George assigned same to William. [...] If William, then was the transfer under the power a good and valid conveyance of William’s interest to Wallbridge? [...] The assignment from William Taylor to me was without consideration, and made to me because William was going to California.
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4,750.
Amer v. The Queen - (1878) 2 SCR 592 - 1878-06-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
At a special Court of Oyer and Terminer and general Gaol delivery in and for the provisional judicial District of Algoma, held on the 2nd October A. D., George Archibald Amer and Laban Amer, were tried for the wilful murder of William Bryan, and George Archibald Amer was found guilty of manslaughter, and Laban Amer was