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3,651.
Frey v. Fedoruk et al. - [1950] SCR 517 - 1950-04-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
In Rex v. Sandbach Ex parte Williams[9], Humphreys, J. citing Blackstone, Volume (iv), page 256 points out that a man may be bound to his good behaviour for causes of scandal contra bonos mores, as well as contra pacem.
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Rothchild v. Duffield - [1950] SCR 495 - 1950-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
On the same 3rd of July 1946, the Respondent and William Goldburn, the Appellant's office manager, had a conversation over the telephone; and the 250 shares having been sold, the Respondent says he was desirous of closing the transaction on that date.
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Newell v. Barker - [1950] SCR 385 - 1950-02-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
William Newell (Plaintiff) Appellant; and H. Barker and John W. Bruce (Defendants) Respondents. [...] Local Union No. 1562, United Mine Workers of America v. Williams and Rees, 59 Can. S.C.R. 240 at 247 referred to; Quinn v. Leathem, [1901] A.C. 495 and Lumley v. Gye, (1853) 2 E. & B. 216, applied. [...] Local Union No. 1562, United Mine Workers of America v. Williams and Rees[5].
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Coulombe v. Société Cooperative Agricole de Montmorency - [1950] SCR 313 - 1950-01-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Indeed the rule itself relied on by the learned Judge as stated in Sir Edward Vaughan Williams' treatise, contains the qualifying words: 'unless, from particular circumstances, a contrary intention is to be collected.'
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Paoli v. Vulcan Iron Works Ltd. - [1950] SCR 114 - 1949-12-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
APPEAL from the decision of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba 1 affirming, Coyne and Adamson JJ. A. dissenting, the judgment of Williams C.J. K.B., dismissing an action for arrears of salary.
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Sherwin-Williams v. Boiler Inspection - [1950] SCR 187 - 1949-12-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
Sherwin-Williams v. Boiler Inspection, [1950] SCR 187 Supreme Court of Canada [...] Sherwin-Williams v. Boiler Inspection, [1950] S.C.R. 187 Date: 1949-12-22 [...] The Sherwin-Williams Company Of Canada Limited (Plaintiff) Appellant;
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Miller v. The King - [1950] SCR 168 - 1949-12-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
The identity of the trustees, named, two of whom were the Honourable David William Smith, His Majesty's Acting Surveyor General, and Captain William Claus, His Majesty's Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and the fact that by c. 74 of the Statutes of the First Parliament of the Province of Canada (4 & 5 Vict.) it
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3,658.
Minister of National Revenue v. McCool - [1950] SCR 80 - 1949-12-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
In his examination for discovery Mr. Williams was referred to the recommendation of the Timber Committee, which reads as follows: [...] No evidence was adduced on behalf of the Crown but the respondent read into the record the examination for discovery of Mr, Williams, Director General of the Corporation Assessments Branch of the Taxation Division, Department of National Revenue, in which Mr. Williams deposed that "an allowance for depletion is made in [...] Mr. Williams did not know whether the department had any idea of the value of the limits and deposed that he "would consider that the company was McCool's company, that he would have control as to the price to be fixed on any assets that were purchased from himself, and consequently that that was not a transaction as
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Noranda Mines v. Minerals Separation Corp. - [1950] SCR 36 - 1949-12-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
Applications for patents covering other alleged inventions of Martin were prepared and according to the testimony of Mr. Williams, the respondent's patent attorney, they represented all that Martin had succeeded in demonstrating to be of any value of the inventions brought by him to his employer.
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3,660.
SCR | RCS [1949] - 1949-10-31
Canada Supreme Court Reportsxviii TABLE OF CASES CITED R NAME OF CASE Rex v. Stoddart — v. Voisin — v. William Stirland — v. Williams — v. Wong O Sang — v. Woodward Richards v. Butcher Rioux v. Rioux 1922] 53 O.L.R. 152 Rivet v. Corporation du Village de St. Joseph.. [...] Kerwin J. 670, approved by Rex v. Williams [ 1942] A.C. 541, should be followed. [...] Probate was granted to the named executors, William Godfrey and Walter William Walsh.
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General Motors Corp. v. Bellows - [1949] SCR 678 - 1949-10-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
Norman William Bellows Respondent. 1949: March 8, 9, 10, 11; October 4.
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Bagg v. Minister of National Revenue - [1949] SCR 574 - 1949-06-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
The answers to both depend upon what the Company did and the evidence of William Edward Johnson makes that matter clear.
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Toronto Transportation Commission v. The King - [1949] SCR 510 - 1949-06-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
In a common law action based on the negligence of the defendant, the plaintiff may not recover if the injury has been contributed to by the negligence of his own servant; William v. Holland 10.
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Cullen v. The King - [1949] SCR 658 - 1949-05-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William Clarence Cullen (Plaintiff) Appellant; and His Majesty the King (Defendant) Respondent. [...] In the case of an appeal by a convicted person, a failure on the part of his counsel to object to the admissibility of material evidence was held not to prejudice his right of appeal from a conviction in Rex v. William Stirland[2].
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Minister of National Revenue v. Fitzgerald - [1949] SCR 453 - 1949-05-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
Probate was granted to the named executors, William Godfrey and Walter William Walsh. [...] Katherine Williams had died on the 9th of April, 1924, being in her turn entitled to substantial benefits under the will of the late Adolphus Williams, all of whose assets were also in British Columbia. [...] was an interest in the assets of the estate of Katherine Williams in British Columbia.
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3,666.
Ronald v. Williams - [1949] SCR 446 - 1949-05-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
Ronald v. Williams, [1949] SCR 446 Supreme Court of Canada Ronald v. Williams, [1949] S.C.R. 446 [...] William Sidney Ronald And Beatrice Avis Ainley. Cels, Executor and Executrix Of The Last Will Of Cora Bell Lennox, Deceased Appellants; [...] Lennox Arthur Williams and Helen Marguerite Fuller Respondents. 1949: February 1, 2; 1949: May 9.
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In re W.H. Brookfield Estate The Royal Trust Company v. The King - [1949] SCR 329 - 1949-02-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Lord Uthwatt proceeded to say that The principle laid down in the Williams case was that if it were possible on rational grounds to prefer one of the alternative [...] In Rex v. Williams[13], this was declared to mean, dealt with as between the shareholder and the company. [...] In adverting to the fact that the certificates in the Williams' case had been endorsed in blank, their Lordships said at page 557:
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3,668.
Sullivan v. McGillis and Others - [1949] SCR 201 - 1949-02-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
They accepted that, as Fletcher Moulton L.J. observes in Hyams v. Stuart King (1908, 2 K.B. 696, 715), a long series of cases has settled that horse racing is within the statutes of Anne and William IV. [...] Section 2 of 9 Anne was not affected by the amending Act. By section 9 the provisions of section 2 of the Act of William were enacted; now embodied in section 2 of the existing statute. [...] Section 2 of the Statute of William was enacted to permit recovery where payment had been made by bill of exchange which had found its way into the hands of third parties; Sutters v. Briggs, ubi cit.
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Boyer v. The King - [1949] SCR 89 - 1948-12-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
In 1893 in Williams v. Irvine 4, the decision of the Court was that a new right of appeal did not extend to cases standing for judgment in the Superior Court prior to the passing of the Act. Fournier J. expressed the view that [...] The judgment of the Court was delivered by Taschereau J. who referred to Hurtubise v. Desmarteau, Couture v. Bouchard and Williams v. Irvine supra; and to Cowen v. Evans 7, Mills v. Limoges 8 and The Montreal Street Railway v. Carrière 9, where a footnote at that page states that an appeal in an action for $5,000 damages
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Vescio v. The King - [1949] SCR 139 - 1948-11-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
APPEAL from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba 1 dismissing (Dysart and Adamson JJ.A. dissenting) the appellant's appeal from his conviction, at trial before Williams C.J. K.B. and a jury, on a charge of murder. [...] The Honourable Chief Justice Williams imposed the death penalty. The appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal for the Province of Manitoba, and the appeal 2 was dismissed Dysart and Adamson, JJ. dissenting. [...] On that date the case came for trial before Chief Justice Williams, Mr. 0.
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3,671.
SCR | RCS [1948] - 1948-10-27
Canada Supreme Court ReportsLe Père Cotter quitta Montréal en 1921 pour aller résider à Fort William, et décéda dans le cours de l'année 1936. [...] Solicitor for the respondent: H. J. Wilson. 1948 WILLIAM FRASER ROBERT APPELLANT; FeJb 7 HENDERSON ( *Apri1l 27. [...] T. G. Norris K.C. and G. E. Beament for William Henry Oliver Stobie, as representing all the next-of-kin and other persons interested.
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Kirby v. Kalyniak - [1948] SCR 544 - 1948-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
APPEAL from the decision of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba 1, reversing (McPherson C.J.M. dissenting in part) the judgment of the trial judge, Williams C.J. K.B., and awarding plaintiff the full amount of the damages assessed.
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3,673.
The King v. Bridge River Power Co., Ltd. - [1949] SCR 246 - 1948-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
The appellant relies upon Smith v. Stokes [14], and Williams v. Weston-Super-Mare Urban District Council [15].
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3,674.
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Co. v. Attorney-General of British Columbia - [1948] SCR 403 - 1948-06-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
...and placed in the hands of the Honourable Joseph William Trutch, until the Act passed by the Legislature of The Province of British Columbia in the year 1883 (the May Act) shall have been amended by the Legislature of the Province in accordance with a Draft Bill now prepared, and which has been identified by Sir
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St. Andrews-Wesley Church v. Toronto General Trusts Corporation - [1948] SCR 500 - 1948-06-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
William Henry Oliver Stobie (Defendant) Respondent. 1948: February 23, 24; 1948: June 25. [...] (Williams v. Inland Revenue Commissioners [1947] A.C., 447; Dunn v. Byrne [1912] A.C. 407; In re Lawton [1940] 1 Ch. 984, followed.) [...] T. G. Norris K.C. and G. E. Beament for William Henry Oliver Stobie, as representing all the next-of-kin and other persons interested.