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2,001.
The Queen v. Jennings et al. - [1966] SCR 532 - 1966-04-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Transportation
The action arose out of a collision between an automobile, hereinafter referred to as “the Jennings car”, owned by the respondent Jennings in which he and his wife the late Mary Jennings were passengers and which was being driven by their son William E. Jennings and an automobile, hereinafter referred to as “the Cronsberry [...] William Jennings was not seriously injured. The action was brought for damages suffered by the respondent Jennings personally and also, pursuant to The Fatal Accidents Act, for damages for the death of the late Mary Jennings.
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2,002.
Union Marine & General Insurance Company Limited v. Bodnorchuk et al. - [1958] SCR 399 - 1958-06-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
The policy was delivered to the assured with a letter dated December 24, 1953, from A. D. McNally, who carried on business as an insurance agent under the name of Williams Agencies at Canora, and who was at that time the agent of the appellant company at that place. [...] Bell had succeeded to the interest of McNally in the business of the Williams Agencies at Canora.
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2,003.
Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Brown - [1956] SCR 658 - 1956-06-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
THE CHIEF JUSTICE:—We are all of opinion that for the reasons stated by the learned Chief Justice of Ontario[1] a judgment by the respondent against William J. Schnurr, who had applied to the appellant for an insurance policy and to whom the policy was issued by it, was not a condition precedent to the bringing of this [...] On April 4, 1949, the respondent, a pedestrian on a highway was struck and injured by an automobile owned by William J. Schnurr and driven by Louis Corbett with Schnurr’s consent.
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2,004.
Northland Greyhound Lines Inc. v. Bryce and Royal Transportation Ltd. - [1956] SCR 408 - 1956-03-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
William Bryce (Plaintiff) Respondent; and Royal Transportation Limited (Defendant) Respondent. [...] The judgments of the members of the Court of Appeal in Williams v. Sykes and Harrison Limited 10, afford an illustration of the application in other circumstances, of course, of the principle which, in my judgment, is to be applied in the case at bar.
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2,005.
Archibald v. Nesting - [1953] 2 SCR 423 - 1953-11-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
William D. Archibald and Lionel George Talbot (Defendants). Appellants; [...] Eileen Florence Nesting and Clarence William Madsen (Plaintiffs) .Respondents ;
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2,006.
Arnold v. Dominion Trust Co - (1918) 56 SCR 433 - 1918-04-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
The question to be decided on the appeal is whether the sum of $75,000, being part of the proceeds collected from life insurance on the life of William Robert Arnold, deceased, belongs to the appellants who are the widow and infant children of the deceased or constitutes part of his general estate. [...] The present action has been instituted by the appellant to claim a sum of $75,000, being part of the proceeds from life insurance of her husband, William Robert Arnold.
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2,007.
Phelan v. Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co. - (1915) 51 SCR 113 - 1915-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
This car formed part of a train made up at Fort William, in Ontario, but how long before the nineteenth of January, on the evening of which it came into the Melville yard, no one seems to know, or, indeed, to have cared. [...] There was ample evidence before the jury from which men of sense exercising common local knowledge might well have said all these things might, from its history, have happened to this car since it had got placed in train No. 91 at Fort William.
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2,008.
Rhodes v. Perusse - (1908) 41 SCR 264 - 1908-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
the public highway or cove road, in rear toward the north-west by a reserved road or street on one side to the south-west by lot number three sold to the said William Simpson and on the other side to the north-east by a lane or passage of the width of twenty feet between the property above described and that of Benjamin [...] Bounded in front, towards the south-east by the public highway or cove road, in rear towards the north-west by a reserved road or street on one side to the south-west by lot number three sold to the said William Simpson and on the other side to the north-east by a lane or passage of the width of twenty feet between the
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2,009.
Oppenheimer v. Brackman & Ker Milling Co. - (1902) 32 SCR 699 - 1902-11-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Oriental Inland Steam Navigation Company v. Briggs[1] ; Cole v. Sumner[2] ; Magann v. Auger[3] ; Skillings v. Royal Insurance Company[4] ; Falck v. Williams[5]. [...] There is no doubt, as Sir William Anson says in his book on contracts, 5th ed. p. 298,
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2,010.
Taylor v. Robertson - (1901) 31 SCR 615 - 1901-11-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsProfessional law
We also refer generally to Hebb v. Pun Pong ([18]); Lee v. Everest ([19]); Boyle v. Busby ([20]); Smith v. Broadbent & Co. ([21]); Ford v. Williams ([22]); Rascorlla v. Thomas ([23]); Lampleigh v. Braithwait ([24]); Snow v. Hix ([25]). [...] See also Ford v. Williams ([95]). As regards the alleged "express indemnity", the court below say that the evidence is conflicting and that in view of the conclusion they have reached upon the implied indemnity
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2,011.
Preeper v. The Queen - (1888) 15 SCR 401 - 1888-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
The defendants, William Preeper and Jane Doyle, were jointly indicted for the murder of one Peter Doyle, and two questions were reserved under c. 174, s. 259 R. S. C. for the consideration of the justices for crown cases reserved in the Province of Nova Scotia. [...] The jury who tried the above cause attended the said service, and the Reverend William Brown was the officiating clergyman and preached a sermon on the said occasion.
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2,012.
Levi v. Reed - (1880) 6 SCR 482 - 1881-02-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
The parties consent and agree to the statement of special case hereto annexed, consisting of the Declaration, the Pleas, the depositions of the witnesses examined by both parties except those of William Edwards, John Gorman, William Lowry, James Bracken, James McCammon, Mary Ann Henderson (Mrs. Rolston) and Thomas
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2,013.
SCR | RCS (1889) vol 15 - 1889-01-01
Canada Supreme Court ReportsAND WILLIAM B. LAMBS , ès-qualité (I lssg N j . R 1 E SPONDENT. TERVENANT~ Bch 15. [...] Williams. 358 SUPREME COURT OF CANADA. [VOL. XV. 1888 DONALD DOWNIE (DEFENDANT) APPELLANT. * Feb. 29. [...] William Parker, the scrutineer of the opposing candidate insisted that this voter should be sworn and this is the account he gives of what took place :— William Parker, sworn—Examined by Mr. Aylesworth—Q.' Where were you engaged on polling day?
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2,014.
R. v. Van der Peet - [1996] 2 SCR 507 - 1996-08-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, vol. 2. [...] Holdsworth, Sir William Searle. A History of English Law, vol. 11. London: Methuen, 1938. [...] 174. See, on the doctrine of continuity in general, Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1769), vol. 2, at p. 51, Joseph Chitty, A Treatise on the Law of the Prerogatives of the Crown (1820), at p. 119, and Sir William Searle Holdsworth, A History of English Law (1938), vol. 11, at pp. 3-274.
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2,015.
Re: Resolution to amend the Constitution - [1981] 1 SCR 753 - 1981-09-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Ross W. Paisley, Q.C., and William Henkel, Q. C., for the Attorney General for Alberta. [...] As Sir William Jowitt said, and quoted earlier, we must [Page 789] operate the old machinery perhaps one more time. [...] Solicitors for the Attorney General for Alberta: Ross W. Painsley and William Henkel, Edmonton.
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2,016.
SCR | RCS [1929] - 1929-11-04
Canada Supreme Court ReportsAppeal allowed with costs (as to appellants William R. Hall and Alice R. Dale). [...] Solicitor for the Attorney General, of British Columbia: William D. Carter. [...] AND WILLIAM R. WOOLLATT (DEFENDANT) . RESPONDENT. AND BRADLEY WILSON PLAINTIFF. THE WESTERN RACING ASSOCIA -1 A PPELLAI`TT; TION LIMITED (DEFENDANT) J AND WILLIAM R. WOOLLATT (PLAINTIFF) ..
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2,017.
Bulletin of June 16, 2017 - 2017-06-16
BulletinsShuk Fun Lee, Man Ding Lam, Ngar Lai Ng, Timothy Shon Low, Margaret Kuen Low, Alpana Swarup Aggarwal, Newford Investments Ltd., Suki Enterprises Inc., Dr. William F. Yeung M.D., Inc., Chi-Lap Lin, Cindy Lin, Bel-Aire Agencies Ltd., Seran Holdings Inc., Woon Ying Lai, Michael John Engelbert, Susan Mary Engelbert, 347599 [...] Shuk Fun Lee, Man Ding Lam, Ngar Lai Ng, Timothy Shon Low, Margaret Kuen Low, Alpana Swarup Aggarwal, Newford Investments Ltd., Suki Enterprises Inc., Dr. William F. Yeung M.D., Inc., Chi-Lap Lin, Cindy Lin, Bel-Aire Agencies Ltd., Seran Holdings Inc., Woon Ying Lai, Michael John Engelbert, Susan Mary Engelbert, 347599
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2,018.
Bulletin of April 28, 2017 - 2017-04-28
BulletinsWilliam Klym Klym Law FILING DATE: 07.04.2017 Ronald Vincent Morin et al. [...] William Downe, et al. 11. 37483 Claude Gouin, ès qualités de syndic adjoint de l'Ordre des denturologistes du Québec [...] Randolph J. Piercey, Q.C. for the respondent William Parsons. Jonathan E. Noonan for the respondent Gary Hillyard.
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2,019.
Bulletin of October 24, 2014 - 2014-10-24
BulletinsWilliam J. Manuel A.G. of Ontario v. (36117) Inter-Leasing, Inc. (Ont.) [...] Ivan William Mervin Henry v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia as Represented by the Attorney General of British Columbia et al. [...] 35745 Ivan William Mervin Henry c. Sa Majesté la Reine du chef de la Colombie-Britannique représentée par le procureur général de la Colombie-Britannique, et al
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2,020.
Judgments to be Rendered in Leave Applications - 2013-09-16
News ReleasesAndrew Keewatin Jr., Joseph William Fobister on their own behalf and on behalf of all other members of GRASSY NARROWS FIRST NATION [...] Leslie Cameron on his own behalf and on behalf of all other members of WABAUSKANG FIRST NATION v. Andrew Keewatin Jr., Joseph William Fobister on their own behalf and on behalf of all other members of GRASSY NARROWS FIRST NATION, Minister of Natural Resources, Resolute FP Canada Inc. (formerly Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.), [...] Andrew Keewatin fils, Joseph William Fobister, en leur propre nom et au nom de tous les autres membres de la PREMIÈRE NATION GRASSY NARROWS
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2,021.
Bulletin of December 7, 2012 - 2012-12-07
BulletinsWilliam G. Johnston (B.C.) (Civil) (By Leave) Vincent R.K. Orchard, Q.C., Steven Hoyer, Susanne Raab and Paul T. McGivern for the appellant. [...] William A. Amos, Anastasia M. Lintner, Hugh S. Wilkins and R. Graham Phoenix, for the intervener the Friends of the Earth Canada. [...] William A. Amos, Anastasia M. Lintner, Hugh S. Wilkins et R. Graham Phoenix, pour l’intervenant Ami(e)s de la Terre Canada.
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2,022.
Bulletin of October 13, 2006 - 2006-10-13
BulletinsWilliam Noonan Hickson, Noonan c. (31626) Les Châteaux Marigot Inc. et autre (Qc) [...] William Hammill Craig C. Sturrock Thorsteinssons Tax Lawyer v. (31152) [...] William Morley Dorsay James W. Millar James W. Millar Law Corporation
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2,023.
Bulletin of February 17, 2006 - 2006-02-17
BulletinsKarl William Buchmann Karl William Buchmann v. (31310) Her Majesty the Queen (Sask.) [...] 31199 William MacAllister c. Procureur général du Canada et Ministre de la Justice du Canada (Qc) (Criminelle) (Autorisation) [...] 31203 Cheickh Bangoura v. Washington Post, William Branigin, James Rupert, Steven Buckley, United Nations and Fred Eckhard (Ont.) (Civil) (By Leave)
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2,024.
Bulletin of June 27, 2003 - 2003-06-27
BulletinsEric R. Williams Williams, McEnery FILING DATE: 9.6.2003 Stéphane Daigneault [...] Ivan William Mervin Henry v. (29689) Vancouver City Police and Attorney General of British Columbia (Crim.) [...] Kenneth William Koska, et al. v. (29674) Alberta Treasury Branches, et al.
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2,025.
Bulletin of September 14, 2001 - 2001-09-14
BulletinsWilliam R. Steen William R. Steen v. (28766) Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.) [...] 28539 Harinder Jadwani ‑ v. ‑ The Attorney General of Canada and Joe Armstrong, Sonia Brock, William Cram, Gerry Cooper, David Dallimore, Angela de la Cerna‑Koepp, Lynn Fisher, Helene Grey, J. Robert Joubert, Barry Lett, Janelle Sadler, Barbara Shewchuk, Emily Shier, Eric Silver and Harry Swain (Ont.) (Civil) [...] William Christopher Wilson v. (28703) Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.)