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4,701.
The Queen v. Robertson - (1882) 6 SCR 52 - 1882-04-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsFishery
Blazer[25], it was held in the State of Pennsylvania in 1810, that the Patent, under which the proprietors of land abutting on the River Connecticut hold under William Penn, did not pass to them the bed of the river above tide water, or any right of Fishery therein, and that the river and the fisheries therein, above tide
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Creighton v. Chittick - (1882) 7 SCR 348 - 1882-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
William H. Creighton, Assignee of Lewis P. Fairbanks, under the Insolvent Act of 1875 [...] Present:—Sir William J. Ritchie, C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry, Taschereau, and Gwynne, JJ. [...] The plaintiff also produced a deed of assignment, purporting to be made on the 31st day of May, 1876, under the insolvent act of 1875, between Lewis P. Fairbanks, described therein as trader of Dartmouth in the county of Halifax of the first part, and William H. Creighton, official assignee of the county of Halifax, of the
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4,703.
Guilford v. The Anglo-French Streamship Co. - (1882) 9 SCR 303 - 1882-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The case was tried before Sir William Young, C.J., without a jury, who, considering that the plaintiff was not a master in the ordinary sense, held that he had been wrongfully dismissed and found a verdict in his favor for $2,000. [...] On May 26th, 1880, Sir William Young, who tried the cause without a jury, gave a verdict for plaintiff for $2,000.
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4,704.
McSorley v. The Mayor, &c., of St. John - (1882) 6 SCR 531 - 1882-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
The Mayor, &c., of The City of St. John and William Sandall Respondents [...] Present—Sir William J. Ritchie, Knight, C. J., and Strong Fournier, Henry, Taschereau and Gwynne, JJ. [...] In the special plea, it is alleged that the said William Sandall made the demand.
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4,705.
Ross v. Hunter - (1882) 7 SCR 289 - 1882-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Present.—Sir William J. Ritchie, C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, JJ. [...] In Wyatt v. Barwell[56], Sir William Grant puts this proposition very clearly. [...] I have dwelt more on this point than I otherwise should, for the reason that in the interval between the judgment of Sir William Grant in Wyatt v. Barwell, and the decision of the House of Lords in the Agra Bank v. Barry, the authority of the previous case had been disregarded by Vice Chancellor Stuart, who, in the case of
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4,706.
Troop v. Hart - (1882) 7 SCR 512 - 1882-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
& Co.,) with converting 250 barrels of mackerel, which were the property of William M. Richardson, the respondent's assignor. [...] The action was tried on the 28th of April, 1880, before the late Chief Justice of Nova Scotia (Sir William Young) without a jury, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for $1,841.90, being the value of the 236 barrels of mackerel at $8 per barrel, less the sum of $46.10 allowed for insurance and storage. [...] The effect of not guilty, in an action for conversion under the English rule of Trinity Term, 1853, with which section 146 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia (4 Series) cap. 94 is identical, is stated in William's notes to Saunders[22], as follows:
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4,707.
Dominion Telegraph Company. v. Silver - (1882) 10 SCR 238 - 1882-03-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
In William's notes to Saunder's[43] it is said: But if the plaintiff has sustained any special damage he must state it, for it is an established rule that no evidence shall be received of any loss or injury which the plaintiff has sustained by the speaking of the words, unless it be specially stated in the declaration.
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McCallum v. Odette - (1882) 7 SCR 36 - 1882-03-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsPresent: Sir William J. Ritchie, Knt., C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry, Taschereau and Gwynne, JJ.
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4,709.
Anchor Marine Insurance Co. v. Corbett - (1882) 9 SCR 73 - 1882-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William E. Wier, Guardians of estate of Jos. Wier. The said note was duly presented and protested for non-payment on the 30th of September, A.D. 1878, the protest thereof being in due form. [...] Williams, J.: The law has for many years been settled, and remains so at this day, that, when a cause or matters in difference are referred to an arbitrator, whether lawyer or a layman, he is constituted the sole and final judge of all questions both of law and of fact. [...] The ground is put thus by Sir William Grant in giving his judgment: "The only agreement into which the defendant entered was to purchase at a price to be ascertained in a specific mode.
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4,710.
SCR | RCS (1882) vol 5 - 1882-01-01
Canada Supreme Court ReportsCalverley v. Williams . . . Carmichael v. Gee . Carr v. The L. & Yorkshire Ry. Church v. Blake . . . [...] Ins. Co. . . 20 U. C. C. P. 405 Wheatcroft - case • 29 L. T. 324 White v. Western Ins. Co. 22 L. C. Jur. 215 Whitney v. Clark . 3 L. C. Jur. 89 Williams v. The Chester & Holy- head Ry. Co. . 5 Jur. 828 Williams v. McDonald . [...] WILLIAM PARSONS APPELL4NT ; 1880 AND *May 14. THE STANDARD FIRE INSUR- 1 RESPONDENTS. 'June 10.
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4,711.
Dupuy v. Ducondu - (1881) 6 SCR 425 - 1881-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
PRESENT : Sir William J. Ritchie, Knight, C. T., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, J.J
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4,712.
McDougall v. Campbell - (1881) 6 SCR 502 - 1881-12-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
Present: Sir William J. Ritchie, Kt., C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, JJ. [...] cutors of William McDougall and the Quebec Bank should be dismissed. [...] This instrument was delivered to the respondent David Campbell, and upon the faith of it he advanced to William McDougall the £1,000 which the mortgage was given to secure.
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4,713.
Corby v. Williams - (1881) 7 SCR 470 - 1881-11-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Corby v. Williams, (1881) 7 SCR 470 Supreme Court of Canada Corby v. Williams, (1881) 7 S.C.R. 470 [...] Geo. E. Williams. EXHIBIT (L.) Account purchase by George E. Williams of 12,595-30 [...] Geo. E. Williams, successor to E.R. Williams & Co. Grain Commission Buyers,
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4,714.
Mercer v. Attorney General for Ontario - (1881) 5 SCR 538 - 1881-11-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
from the sale of crown lands which might have been lawfully disposed of” if the Civil List Acts of William IV., c. 25 and 1st and 2ndvic.c. 2, had not been passed, and expressly provides that the surplus not applied to public purposes in the colonies “shall be carried to, and form part of, the said consolidated fund”[11]. [...] In the case of William IV, and in the case of her Majesty (and those acts are still in force in Great Britain, and as far as they apply are in force in the colonies of Great Britain) we find that parliament expressly reserved to the sovereign, or in other words to the crown, the right as against parliament and the [...] the provinces held in free and common socage, previous to the accession of his Majesty William IV.; or to some such statute repealing the statute passed in the first year of his reign, ch. 25, by which his Majesty surrendered to parliament, to form part of the consolidated fund of the kingdom, his Majesty’s interest in the
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4,715.
Schultz v. Wood - (1881) 6 SCR 585 - 1881-11-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Present:—Sir William J. Ritchie, Knt., C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, JJ.
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4,716.
Holman v. Green - (1881) 6 SCR 707 - 1881-05-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
PRESENT—Sir William J. Ritchie, Kt., C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, JJ.
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4,717.
Ray v. The Annual Conference of New Brunswick - (1881) 6 SCR 308 - 1881-04-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
qui lui sont dus par Robert Chesnut, de Fredericton; à la Société Biblique, £150; à la Wesleyan Missionary Society, £1,500; à Alfred Ray, ses terres de marais dans le comté d'Annapolis, plus une somme de £1,000, pour le bénéfice de ses enfants, la dite somme à être payée dans quatre ans; à William Ray, £2,000; Charles Ray,
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4,718.
Summers v. The Commercial Union Ins. Co. - (1881) 6 SCR 19 - 1881-04-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
He says, in his evidence: “I got liberty from Mr. Williams to sign interim receipts. [...] Mr. Williams made reports to the head office; I made none; I was sub-agent for Mr. Williams. [...] But it is contended Williams had authority to appoint sub-agents. Even if the business entrusted to Williams was of such a character that it could be delegated in case of necessity, there was no evidence to shew that it was necessary for Williams to appoint agents to enable him to transact it.
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4,719.
Shaw v. McKenzie - (1881) 6 SCR 181 - 1881-03-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
WILLIAM S. SHAW Appellant; And KENNETH MCKENZEE et al Respondent. [...] That deponent has reason to believe, and verily believes, that the said William J. Shaw, one of the defendants, who is presently in the said city of Montreal, is about to leave immediately the province of Canada, and Dominion of Canada, with intent to defraud his creditors in general and the p1aintiffs in particular, and [...] that such departure will deprive plaintiffs of their recourse against the said William J.Shaw; that the reasons of the said deponent for stating his belief asabove, are : that Mr.Powis, the deponent's . partner, wasinformed last night inToronto, by one Howarda broker, that the said W.J.Shaw was leaving immediately the
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4,720.
London Life Insurance Co. v. Wright - (1881) 5 SCR 466 - 1881-02-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
In Williams v. The Chester and Holyhead Railway Company[32], Martin, B., delivering the judgment of the court, says:— [...] Williams, J.:— I am of the same opinion. I do not see how we can, consistently with the ordinary rules by which statutes are construed, hold this part of the 85th section to be directory.
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4,721.
Ryan v. Ryan - (1881) 5 SCR 387 - 1881-02-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
a new terminus a quo, Doe d. Perry v. Henderson[18]; Keffer v. Keffer[19]; Gray v, Richford[20]; Doe d. Baker v. Coombes[21]; Truesdell v. Cook[22]; Williams v. McDonald[23]; and especially Day v. Day[24]; Banning’s Limitation of Actions[25]; Foster v. Emerson[26] relied upon, is overruled by Truesdell v. Cook22. [...] See the observations on this head of Richards, C.J., in Williams v. McDonald[27]; also, the observations of Robinson, C.J., in Doe d. Henderson[28], which was a case in almost all respects resembling the present case, and in which it was held that the running of the statute was not interrupted by the fact that the father
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4,722.
Jonas v. Gilbert - (1881) 5 SCR 356 - 1881-02-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
William Sandall, as Chamberlain of the City of Saint John, New Brunswick, made a complaint to Humphrey T. Gilbert, the Police Magistrate of the City of Saint John, that Henri Jonas, who was not a free citizen of the said City or a registered freeman, or paying rates or taxes in the said City, did, at the City of Saint John,
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4,723.
Levi v. Reed - (1880) 6 SCR 482 - 1881-02-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
The parties consent and agree to the statement of special case hereto annexed, consisting of the Declaration, the Pleas, the depositions of the witnesses examined by both parties except those of William Edwards, John Gorman, William Lowry, James Bracken, James McCammon, Mary Ann Henderson (Mrs. Rolston) and Thomas
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4,724.
The Queen v. Belleau - (1881) 7 SCR 53 - 1881-02-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Present:—Sir William Johnstone Ritchie, Knight, C.J,, and Fournier, Henry, Taschereau and Gwynne, JJ.
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SCR | RCS (1881) vol 4 - 1881-01-01
Canada Supreme Court ReportsSolicitor for respondents—C. THE CITIZENS' INSURANCE CO AND WILLIAM PARSONS THE QUEEN INSURANCE CO AND WILLIAM PARSONS THE WESTERN ASSURANCE CO AND ELLEN JOHNSTON............ [...] Secondly, his death ; and, thirdly, that William Lemoine was his heir. [...] William Morgan lived at the rear of the lot for 12 years, 25 years ago.