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Ahsley Colter Ltd. v. Scott - [1942] SCR 331 - 1942-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Ahsley Colter Ltd. v. Scott, , [1942] SCR 331 Supreme Court of Canada [...] W. J. Scott (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1941: October 27; 1942: June 26. [...] He was a guarantor and endorser of Gordon Scott's account to an amount of over $30,000.
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SCR | RCS [1941] - 1941-10-20
Canada Supreme Court ReportsM. Gordon Scott nous affirme que l'examen détaillé des bordereaux de dépôt n'est d'auzcune utilité. [...] Mr. Scott said there was something like three or four hundred thousand dollars coming in within a year and something like a million and a half dollars on the books of the company and three thousand accounts and a lot of little accounts in instalments, [...] W. L. Scott K.C. for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered by RINFRET J.—In this case, the appellants had made the option to be tried by a judge, without the intervention of a jury (s. 827 Cr. C.).
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McKay v. Clow - [1941] SCR 643 - 1941-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
W. L. Scott K.C. for the respondents. The judgment of the majority of the Court (Rinfret, Crocket and Taschereau JJ.) was delivered by
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2,079.
Krawchuk v. The King - [1941] SCR 537 - 1941-07-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
W. L. Scott K.C. for the respondent. THE CHIEF JUSTICE—I have no hesitation in expressing my agreement with the conclusion of my brother Rinfret in Arcadi v. The King[1], that the courts of appeal, contemplated by section 1025 of the Criminal Code, do not include any courts other than Canadian courts.
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2,080.
Sayers v. The King - [1941] SCR 362 - 1941-05-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
W. L. Scott K.C. for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered by
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2,081.
SCR | RCS [1940] - 1940-12-31
Canada Supreme Court ReportsSolicitors for the respondent: Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard. SALMO INVESTMENTS LIMITED l APPELLANT; 1939 SUPPLIANT) f * June 5. [...] W. L. Scott K.C. and Cuthbert Scott for the appellant. M. Crabtree K.C. and E. G. Gowling for the respendents. [...] Solicitors for the appellant; Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard. Solicitors for the respondents: Crabtree & McKee.
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2,082.
Guardian Insurance Co. of Canada v. Sharp - [1941] SCR 164 - 1940-12-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
M. Gordon Scott nous affirme que l'examen détaillé des bordereaux de dépôt n'est d'aucune utilité. [...] Further, the Hon. Gordon W. Scott, who is acknowledged to have been one of the outstanding chartered accountants in this country and who was himself a director of the company, testified that had the audit of the company been under his supervision he would not have thought it an essential part of his duty to check the [...] Mr. Scott said there was something like three or four hundred thousand dollars coming in within a year
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2,083.
Union Estates Ltd. v. Kennedy et al. - [1940] SCR 625 - 1940-06-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Scott, the director of the entertainment, was a witness for the appellant and in cross-examination denied having made a statement that he had previously warned the appellant of the condition of the benches generally. [...] The plaintiffs' visit to the island on the occasion in question was in consequence of arrangements made by a Miss Scott, who represented some of the plaintiffs among others. [...] Miss Scott had interviews and correspondence with the Union Steamships Company with a view of arranging for a picnic to be held at Bowen Island and, as a consequence, she received a letter which read as follows:
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2,084.
Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd. v. Samson-United of Canada Ltd. et al. - [1940] SCR 386 - 1940-04-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
W. L. Scott K.C. and Cuthbert Scott for the appellant. M. Crabtree K.C. and E. G. Gowling for the respendents. [...] I do not discuss it further but this in no way implies any disrespect to the able and careful argument of Mr. Scott. [...] Solicitors for the appellant: Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard. Solicitors for the respondents: Crabtree & McKee.
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2,085.
The King v. Quebec Central Ry. Co. - [1940] SCR 246 - 1939-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
Solicitors for the respondent: Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard.
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2,086.
Street et al. v. Ottawa Valley Power Co. - [1940] SCR 40 - 1939-11-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
W. B. Scott K.C. and P. F. Foran for the appellants. Aimé Geoffrion K.C. for the respondent.
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Goodman v. The King - [1939] SCR 446 - 1939-10-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
In Scott v. The National System for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children[10], Mr. Justice Bray, in referring at page 791 to certain bastardy proceedings, considered the cases showed that it was immaterial what the result might be but that most careful judge expressed the grounds of his decision on the point in the [...] Later (p. 397)14 he quotes the extract from Prosser v. Edmonds15 and also (p. 405)14 the extract from the Scott case16.
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2,088.
SCR | RCS [1939] - 1939-10-30
Canada Supreme Court ReportsIf the Chief Officer, Lieutenant Scott, had ordered life lines erected earlier the accident might have been avoided. [...] W. L. Scott K.C. for the appellant. E. G. Gowling and G. F. Henderson for the respondent. [...] Solicitors for the appellant: Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard. Solicitors for the respondent: Henderson, Herridge, Gowl-ing & MacTavish.
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Commissioner of Patents v. Air Reduction Co. - [1939] SCR 358 - 1939-06-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
W. L. Scott K.C. for the appellant. E. G. Gowling and G. F. Henderson for the respondent. [...] Solicitors for the appellant: Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard. Solicitors for the respondent: Henderson, Herridge, Gowling & MacTavish.
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2,090.
Walker v. The King - [1939] SCR 214 - 1939-02-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
Generally speaking, such statements are admissible unless they fall within the scope of some specific enactment or rule excluding them (Reg. v. Scott, Dearsley & Bell’s Crown Cases 47; Reg. v. Coote, L.R. 4 P.C. 599, at 607). [...] Generally speaking, such statements are admissible unless they fall within the scope of some specific enactment or rule excluding them (Reg. v. Scott[5]; Reg. v. Coote[6]).
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2,091.
Canadian National Steamships Co. Ltd. v. Watson - [1939] SCR 11 - 1938-12-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
If the Chief Officer, Lieutenant Scott, had ordered life lines erected earlier the accident might have been avoided.” The trial judge, on the finding of the jury, ordered judgment to be entered for the respondent, and this judgment was affirmed on appeal. [...] If the Chief Officer, Lieutenant Scott, had ordered life lines erected earlier the accident might have been avoided. [...] If the Chief Officer, Lieutenant Scott, had ordered life lines erected earlier the accident might have been avoided.
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2,092.
SCR | RCS [1938] - 1938-12-05
Canada Supreme Court ReportsREFERENCE The distinction is well brought out in a passage in a re AUTHOR- ITr To J ud g m ent of Lord Atkin in H y yman v. Hyman ( 1 ) , c ited PERFORM in Mr. Scott's factum: FVUENSTCETDIO NS VESTED BY While the marriage tie exists the husband is under a legal obligation THE ADOP- to maintain his wife. [...] Moreover, the statute referred to by Mr. Scott, and printed in. full also in the factum for the Dominion, of the year 1718 (5 Geo. I, ch. 8), entitled " An Act for the more effectual relief of such wives and children, as are left by their hus-bands and parents, upon the charge of the parish," bears a close analogy to this [...] Solicitors for The Canadian Welfare Council: Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard.
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Spencer v. Field - [1939] SCR 36 - 1938-12-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
That being so, the respondents are not entitled upon an appeal to recast their case and put it upon a basis which had not been suggested at the trial.— Scott v. Fernie (11 B.C.R. 91) approved.—Comments on section 60 of B.C. Supreme Court Act, R.S.B.C., 1936, c. 56.— Sisters of St. Joseph v. Fleming ([1938] S.C.R. 172) ref. [...] The case of Scott v. Fernie [4] laid down that rule and held that nothing in then sec. 66 of The (British Columbia) Supreme Court Act afforded an escape.
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2,094.
Vanity Fair Silk Mills v. Commissioner of Patents - [1939] SCR 245 - 1938-12-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
W. L. Scott K.C. for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered by
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2,095.
Reference Re Authority to Perform Functions Vested by Adoption Act, The Children of Unmarried Parents Act, The Deserted Wives' and Children's Maintenance Act of Ontario - [1938] SCR 398 - 1938-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
W. L. Scott K.C. for the Canadian Welfare Council. The reasons for the answers aforesaid were delivered by [...] The distinction is well brought out in a passage in a judgment of Lord Atkin in Hyman v. Hyman[39], cited in Mr. Scott's factum: [...] Solicitors for The Canadian Welfare Council: Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard.
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SCR | RCS [1937] - 1937-06-01
Canada Supreme Court ReportsSolicitors for the appellant: MacDougall, Macfarlane, Scott cC Hugessen. [...] Solicitors for the intervenants: MacDougall, Macfarlane, Scott & Hugessen. [...] In this way, I come in effect to the same conclusion as my brother Scott.
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Halifax School for the Blind v. Chipman / In re estate of Thomas E. Kelly, deceased - [1937] SCR 196 - 1937-03-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
The unanimous considered judgment of the Court of Appeal (Slesser and Scott, L.JJ., and Far-well J.) was read by Mr. Justice Farwell.
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2,098.
Massie & Renwick Ltd. v. Underwriters' Survey Bureau Ltd. - [1937] SCR 265 - 1937-03-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
W. B. Scott K.C. for the intervenants. Duff C.J.—In addition to the judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Hudson on behalf of the Court, it is, perhaps, advisable that I should add a word on the question of jurisdiction. [...] Solicitors for the intervenants: MacDougall, Macfarlane, Scott & Hugessen.
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2,099.
McMillan v. Brownlee - [1937] SCR 318 - 1937-03-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Two judgments were delivered, one by Scott J., another by Beck J., in which Stuart J. concurred. [...] In this way, I come in effect to the same conclusion as my brother Scott. [...] Stuart J. concurred with me and Scott C.J. (the Court being composed of three members) was evidently of the same opinion.
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New York Life Ins. Co. v. Handler - [1937] SCR 127 - 1937-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
W. B. Scott K.C. and J. F. Chisholm for the appellant. Brooke Claxton and N. L. Rappaport for the respondent. [...] Solicitors for the appellant: MacDougall, Macfarlane, Scott & Hugessen.