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3,501.
R. v. Prue - [1979] 2 SCR 547 - 1979-04-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William James Prue Respondent. Her Majesty The Queen Appellant; and
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3,502.
Conklin v. Smith et al. - [1978] 2 SCR 1107 - 1978-06-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
William Conklin, Jr. (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Rodney Charles Smith and Phil Hall Ltd. (Defendants) Respondents.
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3,503.
Tomell Investments Ltd. v. East Marstock Lands Ltd. - [1978] 1 SCR 974 - 1977-06-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William Henkel, Q.C., for the Attorney General of Alberta. The judgment of Laskin C.J. and Martland J. was delivered by
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3,504.
Honan v. Gerhold et al. - [1975] 2 SCR 866 - 1974-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
Torts
She was taken to Victoria Hospital under the care of Dr. William George Jamieson a specialist in surgery.
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3,505.
City of Halifax v. Bauditz - [1971] SCR 170 - 1970-10-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsExpropriation
for land taken was to be awarded was the same as the law of England at that time and the judgment delivered by Lord Dunedin expressly approved the statement of these principles contained in the judgments of Vaughan‑Williams and Fletcher-Moulton, LL. JJ. in Re Lucas and Chesterfield Gas and Water Board [1909] 1 K.B. 16.
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3,506.
Walter et al. v. Attorney General of Alberta et al. - [1969] SCR 383 - 1969-01-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Max Moscovich, Q.C., William B. Gill, Q.C., and I. Michael Robison, for the plaintiffs, appellants.
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3,507.
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. v. Arthurs et al. - [1969] SCR 85 - 1968-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Prerogative writs
This was regretted by Williams J. in Hodgkinson v. Fernie (1857), 3 C.B.N.S. 189, but is now well established.
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3,508.
Saint John Harbour Bridge Authority v. J.M. Driscoll Limited - [1968] SCR 633 - 1968-05-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsExpropriation
One was a property known as the Thorne wharf, consisting of some 71,000 square feet which had been sold for $1.65 per square foot, the second, a parcel of land on Water and Prince William Streets in downtown Saint John which was sold at $4.11 per square foot, and which, of course, was in no way comparable.
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3,509.
McKenzie et al. v. Hiscock et al. - [1967] SCR 781 - 1967-10-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Contract
P.1 was not an offer to sell but rather an indication of a willingness to negotiate or an invitation to the appellants to submit an offer to buy; he found the case to be indistinguishable from the judgment of the full Court of the North-West Provinces in Blackstock v. Williams.[2]
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3,510.
Poole v. The Queen - [1967] SCR 554 - 1967-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Gerald William Poole Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent.
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3,511.
Miller v. Decker - [1957] SCR 624 - 1957-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
(Williams, Joint Torts and Contributory Negligence, pp. 333-5; Winfield on Tort, 6th ed., pp. 47, 520-1; Pollock on Torts, 15th ed., pp.125-7; National Coal Board v. England, [1954] 1 All E.R. 546 at pp. 552, 554-7, noted in (1954), 17 Mod. L. Rev. 365; 70 L.Q. R. 298-9; cf.
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3,512.
Sinnott News Company Ltd. v. The Minister of National Revenue - [1956] SCR 433 - 1956-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
(Ex parte Wingfield above, referred to: In Re Ford 7: Williams on Bankruptcy, 16th Ed. 316).
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3,513.
In re Hughson / Diocesan Synod of Fredericton v. Perrett and Perrett et al - [1955] SCR 498 - 1955-05-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
In Williams, vol. 2, p. 610, par. 932. it is said that Courts do not favour construing a bequest or devise in a will as being specific, and will not do so unless the intent of the testator to give a specific bequest or devise is clearly so expressed.
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3,514.
Woods v. The King - [1951] SCR 504 - 1951-02-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsExpropriation
which compensation for land taken was to be awarded was the same as the law of England at that time and the judgment delivered by Lord Dunedin expressly approved the statement of these principles contained in the judgments of Vaughan-Williams and Fletcher-Moulton, LL. JJ. in Re Lucas and Chesterfield Gas and Water Board 3.
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3,515.
Toronto Transportation Commission v. The King - [1949] SCR 510 - 1949-06-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
In a common law action based on the negligence of the defendant, the plaintiff may not recover if the injury has been contributed to by the negligence of his own servant; William v. Holland 10.
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3,516.
Sideleau v. Davidson (Controverted election for the Electoral District of Stanstead) - [1942] SCR 306 - 1942-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
But, as Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams held in the Rochester case, in order to obtain the benefit of this section a candidate must bring himself strictly within its terms.
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3,517.
In re Bozanich / A.H. Boulton Co. Ltd. v. Trusts and Guarantee Co. Ltd. - [1942] SCR 130 - 1942-03-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
In that case, Vaughan Williams J. approved the construction of Cave J. in the Player case8; and, applying it to the facts in the case then before him, he found that the donor contemplated the retention by his wife of the present which he gave her, and accordingly held the gift void against the trustee in bankruptcy.
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3,518.
United Motors Services, Inc. v. Hutson et al - [1937] SCR 294 - 1937-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
So far as the courts of Ontario are concerned, the view here expressed was set forth in a judgment of the Divisional Court as long ago as 1907 in Morris v. Cairncross[11], as appears from the judgment of that court delivered by Sir William Meredith at page 570,—in this respect agreeing with the opinion of Chancellor Boyd,
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3,519.
Maytag et al. v. Rural Municipality of Hanover et al. - [1932] SCR 298 - 1932-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
One is that laid down by Vaughan Williams, L.J., in Groves v. Lord Wimborne[5], where his Lordship says:—
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3,520.
Preferred Accident Ins. Co. of New York v. Vandepitte - [1932] SCR 22 - 1931-10-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
A word upon Williams v. Baltic Insurance Association of London[4]. There the action was brought by the named insured; and ratification by the beneficiary before the accident occurred brought the case within the scope of Lord Campbell's judgment in Waters' case[5].
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3,521.
Easterbrook v. The King - [1931] SCR 210 - 1930-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
Solicitor for the respondent: William C. McCarthy. [1] [1926] Ex. C.R. 28.
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3,522.
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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3,523.
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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3,524.
Royal Bank of Canada v. The King - (1921) 62 SCR 313 - 1921-06-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
The Royal Bank of Canada, Trustee for Sir Herbert Holt, George Underwood and Estate of the Late Sir William C. Van Horne (Defendant) Appellant;
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3,525.
Montreal Dry Docks and Ship Repairing Co. v. Halifax Shipyards - (1920) 60 SCR 359 - 1920-05-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
The learned trial judge (Drysdale J.) allowed the intervenor's claim for priority in respect of expenditure incurred before the arrest—properly no doubt, recognizing and protecting its common law possessory lien therefor; Williams v. Allsup,[3]; 26 Hals.