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3,551.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company v. The Town of Estevan - [1957] SCR 365 - 1957-04-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
Transportation
The coal has since been used in stationary boiler-plants in roundhouses on the main line from Fort William to Swift Current to produce steam power for its shops and heat for its railway cars and station buildings. [...] This coal is hauled over the Portal and Estevan subdivisions for use in stationary boiler-plants in roundhouses at Fort William, Ignace, Kenora, Winnipeg, Brandon, Broadview, Regina, Moose Jaw and Swift Current, all situate on the main line of the Company.
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3,552.
Mizinski v. Robillard and McLaughlin - [1957] SCR 351 - 1957-04-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William Mizinski (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Wilbert Robillard and Jack McLaughlin (Defendants) Respondents.
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3,553.
The Queen v. Carey - [1957] SCR 266 - 1957-02-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William A. Schultz, Q.C., for the appellant. Norman D. Mullins, for the respondent. [...] Solicitor for the appellant: William A. Schultz, Vancouver. Solicitor for the respondent: Norman D. Mullins, Vancouver.
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3,554.
Van Alstyne v. Ruck et al. - [1957] SCR 142 - 1957-01-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
In and prior to the year 1943 one William Turcotte was the owner of the west half of lot 32 in concession 2 of the township of Pittsburgh in the county of Frontenac.
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3,555.
Kirkland v. The Queen - [1957] SCR 3 - 1956-12-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
The defence called William Dineen, a nephew of the appellant, who testified that the latter had helped the mother of the witness in the operation of the booth at Belle Ewart; that the appellant had tried to get employment at the Canadian National Exhibition in August 1952 but could not do so as he was not a union member;
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3,556.
SCR | RCS [1956] - 1956-11-14
Canada Supreme Court ReportsParagraph 9: William Zawick agrees to pay to the respondent 119/332 of all costs of repairing the block. [...] (Ex parte Wingfield above referred to: In Re Ford 8 INNOTT (1) : Williams on Bankruptcy, 16th Ed. 316) . [...] This statement was acted upon by Sir William Ritchie C.J. and Strong J. in Downie v. The Queen .(2).
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3,557.
McEllistrum v. Etches - [1956] SCR 787 - 1956-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
Torts
The present view of the law is summarized by Glanville L. Williams in his work on Joint Torts and Contributory Negligence, 1951, s. 89, p. 355.
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3,558.
Prudential Trust Company Ltd. v. Cugnet - [1956] SCR 914 - 1956-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
and referred to what had been said by Lord Chancellor Cottenham in William M'Ewan and Sons v. James and Archibald Smith et al. 20. [...] The general principle was stated as follows by Lord Halsbury sitting in the Court of Appeal in Henderson & Co. v. Williams 26.:— [...] As it was put by Sir William Anson 33 in an article on Carlisle v. Bragg:—
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3,559.
Re Hardy Official Guardian v. Toronto General Trusts Corporation et al - [1956] SCR 906 - 1956-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Trust
Provided further, and notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the Settlor hereby declares that shares of Capital Stock in the G.T. Fulford Company, Limited, and Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Limited, Fulford Hanson Company or of any subsidiary Company of the G.T. Fulford Company Limited or in any business way
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3,560.
Rural Municipality of Monet v. Campbell - [1956] SCR 763 - 1956-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
James Francis Williams And Reginald Johnston (Plaintiffs) Respondents. [...] The respondent Campbell farms the north half of section 35, the respondent McCallum the south half of section 34 and the respondents Williams and Johnston the north half of section 27, all in the said township.
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3,561.
Tombill Gold Mines Ltd. v. Hamilton et al. - [1956] SCR 858 - 1956-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Robert M.P. Hamilton, Philip D.P. Hamilton, William S. Hargraft, The General Engineering Company Limited and Geco Mines Limited (No Personal Liability) (Defendants) Respondents.
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3,562.
Treasurer of Ontario v. Doyle et al. - [1956] SCR 780 - 1956-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
Mildred Hatch Doyle, Carr Hatch, Nancy Hatch, Henry Clifford Hatch, Joan Hatch, William Douglas Hatch and Irene Frances Hatch, and The Official Guardian, on behalf of Infants and any Unborn Grand-Children (Appellants) Respondents.
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3,563.
Bradley v. The Queen - [1956] SCR 723 - 1956-06-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Cartwright J. (dissenting):—On November 2, 1955, the appellant was convicted before Williams C.J.Q.B. and a jury of having, on January 6, 1955, murdered August Flat-foot.
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3,564.
Montreal Trust Co. v. Minister of National Revenue - [1956] SCR 702 - 1956-06-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
income) or so much thereof as shall not have been paid to my wife during her lifetime shall be divided equally between my children Mary Loghrin Calder and William Campbell Bathgate, or the same shall go wholly to one if only one of such children shall survive me, subject to the provision that if either of my said
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3,565.
Traders Finance Corporation Limited v. Williams and Lange - [1956] SCR 694 - 1956-06-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Traders Finance Corporation Limited v. Williams and Lange, [1956] SCR 694 [...] Traders Finance Corporation Limited v. Williams and Lange, [1956] S.C.R. 694 [...] William H. Williams (Applicant); and Wilfred Lange (Claimant) Respondent.
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3,566.
Francis v. The Queen - [1956] SCR 618 - 1956-06-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
A peace treaty in its primary and legitimate meaning is a treaty concluding a war, "an agreement"—in the words of Sir William Scott in the Eliza Ann and others 7—"to waive all discussion concerning the respective rights to the parties and to bury in oblivion all the original causes of the war." [...] Continuing the administration inaugurated by Sir William Johnson in 1744 and extended to Quebec in 1763, (Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. IV, p. 695 et seq.) ordinances for the welfare of the Indians and the protection of their lands were passed in Lower Canada as early as 1777 and a partial consolidation was [...] In Upper Canada, 5 William IV, c. 9 and 2 Vict., c. 15 provided similar safeguards.
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3,567.
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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3,568.
The Queen v. Rees - [1956] SCR 640 - 1956-06-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Professor Glanville Williams in his treatise on "Criminal Law" sums up the jurisprudence on the matter as follows:— [...] As stated by Professor Glanville Williams in his Criminal Law at p.131:— [...] In his book on Criminal Law (1953) at pages 131 and 133, Mr. Glanville Williams says:—
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3,569.
Noddin v. Laskey - [1956] SCR 577 - 1956-05-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
William W. Laskey (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1956: March 2, 5; 1956: May 24. [...] The rule governing acts of omission of this sort was laid down by Lord Dunedin in Morton v. William Dixon, Ltd. 2 thus:
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3,570.
The Queen v. Harder - [1956] SCR 489 - 1956-04-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
This statement was acted upon by Sir William Ritchie C.J. and Strong J. in Downie v. The Queen [4].
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3,571.
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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3,572.
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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3,573.
Ruptash and Lumsden v. Zawick - [1956] SCR 347 - 1956-03-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Mike Ruptash and William C. Lumsden (Defendants) Appellants; and David Michael Zawick (Plaintiff) Respondent; [...] By transfer dated January 28, 1953, executed on behalf of William Zawick by his attorney Nicholas Hrehorick, William Zawick transferred his 119/332 interest as to ⅔ thereof to the appellant Ruptash and as to ⅓ thereof to the appellant Lumsden. [...] It gave him rather a terminable right to manage the property and collect the rents on behalf of William Zawick as well as on his own behalf and the personal covenant of William Zawick to pay his proportionate share of the cost of the repairs.
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3,574.
Clemens v. Clemens Estate, Crown Trust Co. et al. - [1956] SCR 286 - 1956-01-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
On January 4, 1929, these certificates, each of which was endorsed “John Joseph Clemens” in the handwriting of Clemens Senior, were cancelled and certificates replacing them were issued, for 475 shares to Stewart McNair and Company, and for 25 shares to William Thomas Brown.
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3,575.
Reference re Regina v. Coffin - [1956] SCR 191 - 1956-01-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
In Reg. v. Williams 13, à for the prosecution, having replied in the negative to a question put to him, was permitted by Vaughan Williams J., to have his depositions put into his hands, and, after having looked at them, to answer the question.