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3,576.
Regina v. Coffin (Motion) - [1956] SCR 186 - 1955-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Was the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal right in holding in its decision in Williams v. Graham that The Minimum Wage Act, Chapter 310 of the Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1940, was applicable to the employment of Leo Fleming in the Post Office at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan? [...] The Order of Reference there before the Court recited that an appeal did not lie from the decision of the Court of Appeal in the Williams case.
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3,577.
Chaput v. Romain - [1955] SCR 834 - 1955-11-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Williams J., said on the same page: It would be wild work if a party might give himself protection by merely saying that he believed himself acting in pursuance of a statute.
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3,578.
SCR | RCS [1955] - 1955-11-15
Canada Supreme Court ReportsC. L. Dubin, Q.C. and William Schreiber, Q.C. for the appellants. G. N. Shaver, Q.C. for the respondent. [...] In the course of his judgment at p. 473, Vaughan Williams L.J., said: ... [...] A. R. Williams Machinery Co. Ltd. v. Moore (2). (1) (1920) 61 Can. S.C.R. 143.
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3,579.
Wardle v. Manitoba Farm Loan Association - [1956] SCR 3 - 1955-11-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba 1, (Coyne J.A. dissenting) reversing the judgment of Williams C.J.Q.B. in favour of the plaintiff 2.
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3,580.
Dawson v. Helicopter Exploration - [1955] SCR 868 - 1955-10-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The Moorcock 14 P.D. 64 at 68; McCall v. Wright 133 App. Div. (N.Y.) 62; Wood v. Lady Duff Gordon 222 N.Y. 88 at 90; Williston on Contracts 1936 Ed. Vol I, 76, 77; A. R. Williams Machinery Co. v. Moore [1926] S.C.R. 692 at 705; Pollock on Contracts 13 Ed. p. 30; Hellas & Co. v. Arcos Ltd. 43 LI. L.R. 349 at 364; Anson's [...] A. R. Williams Machinery Co. Ltd. v. Moore [9]. [Page 881] Also at p. 705 his Lordship quotes from Lord Watson in Birrell v. Dryer [10]:
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Henry Birks & Sons (Montreal) Ltd. v. City of Montreal - [1955] SCR 799 - 1955-10-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
XV; (1833) 3 et 4 William IV cap. XLII), cette législation―dont cette loi d'avant la Réforme (1448) 27 Hen. VI cap.
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3,582.
The Queen v. Hemingway - [1955] SCR 712 - 1955-10-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
In the course of his judgment at p. 473, Vaughan Williams L.J., said:
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3,583.
The Queen v. Kravenia - [1955] SCR 615 - 1955-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
CARTWRIGHT J. (dissenting):—On May 31, 1954, the respondent and one William Tomilin were convicted, after trial before Whittaker J. and a jury, of conspiring to commit an indictable offence, namely to sell a drug, to wit diacetyl-morphine hydrochloride (heroin) to one Smith, without a licence or other lawful authority.
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3,584.
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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3,585.
Wilson v. Minister of National Revenue - [1955] SCR 352 - 1955-04-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
Mr. Justice Williams, in referring to the Egerton-Warburton case, supra, after stating that the payments to Just Brothers were of a capital nature, continued at p. 279:
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3,586.
Bruce v. McIntyre - [1955] SCR 251 - 1955-01-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
C.L. Dubin, Q.C. and William Schreiber, Q.C. for the appellants. G.N. Shaver, Q.C. for the respondent. [...] Solicitor for the appellants: William Schreiber. Solicitors for the respondent: Shaver, Paulin & Branscombe.
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3,587.
Royal Trust Co. and McMurray v. Crawford et al - [1955] SCR 184 - 1955-01-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
The Royal Trust Company and Robert W. Mcmurray, Executors of The Estate Of William Marr Crawford, Deceased (Plaintiffs) Appellants; [...] APPEAL from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia[1] affirming a judgment of Macfarlane J.[2] determining certain questions raised on originating summons by the executors of the Estate of William Marr Crawford, deceased. [...] *** The effect of the codicils is merely to vary the amount of the share provided for the testator's nephew, William Marr Crawford, and to increase the amount of the annuities given to the testator's sisters.
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3,588.
Steel Co. of Canada v. The Queen - [1955] SCR 161 - 1955-01-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
In connection with the last named, the route was shown either "C.S.L. Port Arthur and C.N.R." or "C.S.L. Fort William and C.P.R.". [...] The second shipment to that company showed the destination as Calgary and the route Canada Steamship Lines to Fort William and C.P.R. to destination. [...] The bills of lading issued in respect of this shipment showed the destination as Edmonton and the route "C.S.L. to Fort William and C.P.R. to destination."
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3,589.
In re Barrett / Beard et al v. Barrett et al - [1955] SCR 93 - 1954-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
In Williams on Wills, at pp. 187-188, it is stated that “Where a testator desires that an annuitant shall be paid out of income only, he will probably also desire that deficiencies [...] Whatever a testator intends or desires is, of course, to be gathered from a reading of the entire will and, in fact, in the notes to the sentence in Williams that follows the one quoted there appears a reference to several cases, including the one relied upon by the respondents, In re Rose[6], where, at p. 25, Sargant J. [...] When the annuitant dies, arrears die with her: Williams on Wills, 3rd Ed. Vol. 1, pp. 187-8 in which the following observation would seem to state accurately the mind of a testator in the ordinary case:
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3,590.
SCR | RCS [1954] - 1954-11-18
Canada Supreme Court ReportsT AND tion as to miner 1 a ls from His Majes tyin the ri g g ht of the Estey Province of Manitoba to William P. G. Noble. [...] William P. G. Noble." This Order-in-Council made SUPERIOR no reservation of "mines, minerals and quarries." [...] He described glyoxylide as "an 'aqueous solution of a chemical compound discovered by Dr. William F. Koch, in a highly diluted state.
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3,591.
A.G. for Saskatchewan v. Whitehorse Salt & Chemical Co. & Midwest Chemicals Ltd. - [1955] SCR 43 - 1954-11-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
In Williams on Landlord and Tenant (2nd Ed.) p. 420, the learned author dealing with the meaning in law of the term "surrender" thus defines it:—
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3,592.
Ottawa (City) v. Munroe - [1954] SCR 756 - 1954-11-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Glasgoiv Corp. v. Taylor [1922] A.C. 44, Ellis v. Fulham Borough Council [1938] 1 K.B. 212, Yachuk v. Oliver Blais Co. Ltd. [1949] A.C. 386, Williams v. Cardiff Corp. [...] In Williams v. Cardiff Corporation[17], an infant four and one-half years old, while playing on a piece of waste ground, the property of the Cardiff Corporation, rolled down a bank and was injured by broken glass and tins at the foot thereof. [...] Such propositions would be at variance with Glasgow Corporation v. Taylor, (supra), Cooke v. Midland Great Western Ry.[37], Williams v. Cardiff Corporation[38] and Gough v. National Coal Board, supra.
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Szilard v. Szasz - [1955] SCR 3 - 1954-11-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsArbitration
In Proctor v. Williams[12], 8 C.B. (N.S.) 386, Erle C.J. said: It is of the essence of these transactions that the parties should be satisfied that they come before an impartial tribunal.
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3,594.
Arnott v. College of Physicians - [1954] SCR 538 - 1954-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
He described glyoxylide as "an aqueous solution of a chemical compound discovered by Dr. William F. Koch, in a highly diluted state. [...] On April 28, 1944, appellant entered into an agreement with William F. Koch Laboratories of Canada Limited which provided in part: [...] The Plaintiff is the Canadian owner of a license for the manufacture of a substance called Glyoxilide, which license is dated April 28th, 1944, issued by William F. Koch, the patentee under Canadian Patents Nos. 381496 and 430881.
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Hamilton (City) v. Hamilton Children's Aid Society - [1954] SCR 569 - 1954-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
It appears from the evidence of Mr. Judd that on November 14, 1951, Charles William Harris, hereinafter referred to as “the child”, and his two sisters were made temporary wards of the respondent for a period of three months. [...] Charles William Harris FATHER—John Robert Harris, MOTHER—Lillian Ellen (Lewens) Harris
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3,596.
Kowbel v. R. - [1954] SCR 498 - 1954-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
It is remarkable however that, as mentioned by Glenville L. Williams, LL.D., in an article on Legal Unity of Husband and Wife, 10 Modern Law Review 16, there seems to be no case in which the rule has been applied by an English Court. [...] The origin and the ensuing and changing legal import of the doctrine of conjugal unity has been considered by Williams (supra) whose views, in this respect, may substantially be summarized as follows: The legal maxim that husband and wife are one person in the eyes of the law has a biblical origin. [...] is not that of an ‘unity of person’, but that of the guardianship, the mund, the profitable guardianship, which the husband has over the wife and over her property.” And Williams’ conclusion is that, with the intervention of equity and later of statute, it became crystal clear that a woman on marriage retained a legal
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3,597.
Deglman v. Guaranty Trust Co. of Canada and Constantineau - [1954] SCR 725 - 1954-06-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
At pages 490 and 491 Sir William Meredith C.J.O., who delivered the unanimous judgment of the Court, said:—
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3,598.
C.P.R. v. Turta - [1954] SCR 427 - 1954-05-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
William Sereda, Montreal Trust Co. and Nick Turta (Third Parties) Respondents. [...] The Montreal Trust Company and William Sereda entered into an agreement with Anton Turta relative to the petroleum rights and appear as caveators upon the title.
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District Registrar of Portage La Prairie v. Canadian Superior Oil of California Ltd. - [1954] SCR 321 - 1954-05-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Canadian Superior Oil of California Ltd. and William Hie Bert (Plaintiffs) Respondents. [...] The land here in question (E1⁄2 of 13-16-10 W.P.M.) was, on July 25, 1919, transferred, without any express reservation as to minerals, from His Majesty in the right of the Province of Manitoba to William P. G. Noble. [...] Noble, however, transferred the land to another in 1921 and, after further transfers, it became the property of the present registered owner, William Hiebert, to whom a certificate of title was issued.
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Taylor v. Silver Giant Mines Ltd. - [1954] SCR 280 - 1954-05-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
On September 7, 1949, Hedley Mascot, through its Secretary William Patterson, submitted in writing a request for an option in Silver Giant mine.