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SCR | RCS [1959] - 1959-11-02
Canada Supreme Court ReportsF. R. Scott and A. L. Stein, for the plaintiff, appellant. L. E. Beaulieu, Q.C., and L. Tremblay, Q.C., for the defendant, respondent. [...] V. DuPLESSIS Attorneys for the plaintiff, appellant: A. L. Stein and Abbott J. F. R. Scott, Montreal. [...] S.C.R. SUPREME COURT OF CANADA 789 le même tribunal dans la cause de La Ville de Montréal v. 1959 Watt and Scott Limitedl.
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1,977.
Cloaks Ltd. v. Cooperberg and Davis - [1959] SCR 785 - 1959-10-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Under art. 1054 the law is well settled that a person who has a thing under his care may be relieved of responsibility for damages caused by it by showing that he was unable by reasonable means to prevent the damage: Quebec Railway Light, Heat and Power Co. Limited v. Vandry3; City of Montreal v. Watt and Scott Limited4. [...] le même tribunal dans la cause de La Ville de Montréal v. Watt and Scott Limited7. [...] He can exculpate himself by proving that he was unable by reasonable means to prevent the damage complained of—Quebec Railway, Light, Heat and Power Co. Ltd. v. Vandry8 and Watt and Scott v. The City of Montreal9.
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1,978.
Patchett & Sons Ltd. v. Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co. - [1959] SCR 271 - 1959-01-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
From there he had gone to Red Rock where he found a situation similar to that at Stoner outside the premises of the Scott Sash and Door Company.
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1,979.
Roncarelli v. Duplessis - [1959] SCR 121 - 1959-01-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
F. R. Scott and A. L. Stein, for the plaintiff, appellant. L. E. Beaulieu, Q.C., and L. Tremblay, Q.C., for the defendant, respondent. [...] Mr. Scott argued further that even if the revocation were within the scope of discretion and not a breach of duty, the intervention of the respondent in so using the Commission was equally a fault.
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1,980.
SCR | RCS [1958] - 1958-11-20
Canada Supreme Court Reports[1929] 1 K.B. 419 Schooner Exchange, The v. M'Faddon 11 U.S. (7 Cranch) 116. 267, 279, 280, Scott, Deceased, Re [1901] 1 K.B. 228 Scott v. Fernie Lumber Co. 11 B.C.R. 91 Selmes v. Judge . .... . ......... [...] In re Scott, Deceased, [1901] 1 K.B. 228, disapproved and distinguished. [...] Serious doubts have been expressed whether In re Scott was correctly decided.
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1,981.
The Brotherhoods of Railway Employees et al. v. The New York Central Railroad Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and Canadian National Railway Company - [1958] SCR 519 - 1958-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
C. F. H. Carson, Q.C., and C. Scott, Q.C., for the respondent. C. F. H. Carson, Q.C., and J. G. W. MacDougall, for Canadian National Railway Company, intervenant. [...] Solicitors for the respondent : Aylen, Scott & Aylen, Ottawa. Solicitor for Canadian National Railway Company, intervenant; J. W. G. MacDougall, Montreal.
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1,982.
Toronto General Trusts Corporation v. The Minister of National Revenue - [1958] SCR 499 - 1958-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
In re Scott, Deceased, [1901] 1 K.B. 228, disapproved and distinguished. [...] In re Scott, Deceased6, where a double estate duty was held to be payable, is another extreme example. [...] Serious doubts have been expressed whether In re Scott was correctly decided.
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1,983.
Carriss v. Buxton - [1958] SCR 441 - 1958-06-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
Torts
Scott v. The Fernie Lumber Company, Limited (1904), 11 B.C.R. 91 at 96; David Spencer Limited v. Field, [1939] S.C.R. 36 at 42, applied. [...] The rule in Scott v. The Fernie Lumber Company, Limited[23], as stated by Duff J. (as he then was) applies. [...] In saying this I do not question the decision in Scott v. The Fernie Lumber Company, Limited[30], or "the rule long established, which holds a litigant to a position deliberately assumed by his counsel at the trial", referred to by Davis J. in David Spencer Limited v. Field et al[31].; but that rule does not preclude
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1,984.
Memorial Gardens Association (Canada) Limited v. Colwood Cemetery Company - [1958] SCR 353 - 1958-04-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsPublic utilities
Scott v. The Fernie Lumber Company, Limited (1904), 11 B.C.R. 91 at 96, approved and applied. [...] very course of conduct that they assented to: Scott v. The Fernie Lumber Company, Limited1.
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1,985.
London (City) et al. v. St. Thomas (City) et al. - [1958] SCR 249 - 1958-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
Solicitor for the respondents: W. Scott McKay,St. Thomas. [1] [1957] O.R. 37, 7 D.L.R. (2d) 140 (sub nom.
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1,986.
The Municipality of the City and County of Saint-John et al. v. Fraser-Brace Overseas Corporation et al. - [1958] SCR 263 - 1958-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsInternational law
Taxation
Fraser-Brace Overseas Corporation, Terminal Construction Company, Limited and J. A. Jones Construction Company, doing business under the name and style of Fraser-Brace-Terminal Constructors; and Johnson, Drake & Piper International Corporation, and Merritt, Chapman & Scott Corporation, doing business under the name
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1,987.
Midcon Oil & Gas Limited v. New British Dominion Oil Company Limited and Thomas L. Brook - [1958] SCR 314 - 1958-02-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
Trust
As Professor Austin Wakeman Scott, in his work on Trusts, 2nd ed. 1956, s. 504 (vol. 4, p. 3238), puts it:
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1,988.
Beatty and Mackie v. Kozak - [1958] SCR 177 - 1958-01-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil law
Criminal law
In Rudd v. Scott9, an owner of a house had given in charge the plaintiff, employed by a tenant to execute repairs, for pulling down and stealing part of the materials of the house; and in the language of Tindal C.J. the Court could not say that the course pursued by the owner was so wide of the mark that he could not have [...] 9 (1841), 2 Scott, N.R. 631. 10 (1853), 13 C.B. 850, 138 E.R. 1437.
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1,989.
British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited v. The Minister of National Revenue - [1958] SCR 133 - 1958-01-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
As the quotation shows, this was not intended as an exhaustive definition, as pointed out by Scott L.J. in Bean v. Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries, Ltd.7, but as a useful guide.
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1,990.
SCR | RCS [1957] - 1957-11-18
Canada Supreme Court ReportsNatural Resources Transfer, Re Saumur v. Quebec Savard v. Charette Scott v. Scott Severn v. R. Seymour v. Maloney 36 M.P.R. 337; [1956] S.C.R. 322 626, 627 Shannon v. Lower Mainland Dairy Prods. [...] Abraham Feiner, F. R. Scott and J. Perrault, for the defendant, appellant. [...] Reference might also be made to Russell v. Scott (5), a decision of the High Court of Australia.
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1,991.
Hellens v. Densmore - [1957] SCR 768 - 1957-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
The question as to whether an appeal might be taken from a decree granted in British Columbia was considered by the Full Court of the Province in Scott v. Scott [29], which decided that there was no appeal in such matters to the Full Court. [...] The appeal sections, as I have pointed out, were held not to be applicable and there has been no suggestion on the argument before us that Scott v. Scott, supra, and Brown v. Brown, supra, were wrongly decided.
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1,992.
Edwards v. Bradley - [1957] SCR 599 - 1957-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsTrust
Reference might also be made to Russell v. Scott[5], a decision of the High Court of Australia.
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1,993.
Lounsbury Company Limited v. Duthie and Sinclair - [1957] SCR 590 - 1957-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Courts
Sale
On this view of the case the company is liable for its failure to effect a provident sale on principles enunciated in McHugh v. Union Bank, 10 D.L.R. 562, [1913] A.C. 299, and Vanstone & Rogers v. Scott (1908), 1 Alta.
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1,994.
Miller v. Decker - [1957] SCR 624 - 1957-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
They seem to have very little recollection as to what happened there but on returning Decker drove along Scott Road at 75 to 80 miles per hour passing other traffic until a railway crossing was reached.
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1,995.
Switzman v. Elbling and A.G. of Quebec - [1957] SCR 285 - 1957-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Courts
Abraham Feiner, F. R. Scott and J. Perrault, for the defendant, appellant. [...] Mr. Scott, in his able examination of the questions raised, challenged also the validity of ss. 4 et seq. which vest in the Attorney-General the authority to adjudicate upon the commission of the illegal act under s. 3 and to issue the order of closure; but in view of the conclusions reached on the other grounds, the [...] As Mr. Scott put it to us in his very able argument : (1) the motive of this legislation is dislike of communism as being
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1,996.
Bickley v. Bickley and Blatchley - [1957] SCR 329 - 1957-03-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
In The Matter of Lynn Scott Bickley and Ann Felton Bickley, Infants; [...] The appellant and the respondent Betty Carson Blatchley, to whom reference will sometimes hereinafter be made as "the father" and "the mother", are the parents of the two girls whose custody is in question, Lynn Scott Bickley born on October 12, 1945, and Ann Felton Bickley born on October 20, 1947.
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1,997.
Industrial Fuel and Refrigeration Co. Ltd. v. Pennboro Coal Company - [1957] SCR 160 - 1957-01-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
The Superior Court, Chief Justice Scott presiding, maintained the action and this judgment was affirmed by the Court of Queen's Bench 2, Mr. Justice Rinfret dissenting. [...] On this point, Chief Justice Scott said: The manner in which McMaster gave his evidence and his demeanour in the witness box created a bad impression as to his recollection of what he did say.
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1,998.
Van Alstyne v. Ruck et al. - [1957] SCR 142 - 1957-01-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Lindsey D. Ruck, Edmond E. Gowett, Thomas P. Compeau and John H. Scott (Plaintiffs) Respondents. [...] By deed dated August 10,1946 Turcotte conveyed lot 3 to one Isabelle Connor, and by deed dated July 11, 1949 she conveyed this lot to the respondents Gowett, Scott and Compeau; the descriptions of the lands conveyed in these two deeds are identical and read as follows:
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1,999.
SCR | RCS [1956] - 1956-11-14
Canada Supreme Court ReportsSCOTT In fact no rights are conferred and no issues settled, by Abbott J the Provisional Order made under s. 4. [...] In the upshot, following a telephone call made by Scott, the four drove to a parking lot, where Jones handed the rings to Scott for the purpose of showing them presumably to the person to whom he had spoken. [...] ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR ONTARIO V. SCOTT AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR CANADA 137 3.
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2,000.
Bradley v. The Queen - [1956] SCR 723 - 1956-06-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
The conditions existing at the place were observed by police officers Edwards, Booden and Scott and photographs were taken before the body was moved. [...] A plan prepared by Constable Scott, from measurements made by him, before the body was moved, showed the width of the lane to be 18 feet.