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1,001.
Minister of Finance (B.C.) v. First National Bank of Nevada - [1975] 1 SCR 525 - 1973-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
On these facts, counsel agreed that under the authority of R. v. Williams, [1942] A.C. 541, and Treasurer of Ontario v. Blonde; Treasurer of Ontario v. Aberdein, [1947] A.C. 24, having regard as well to the judgment of this Court in The King v. National Trust Co., [1933] S.C.R. 670, W’s shares were not situated in British [...] On these facts, counsel agreed that under the authority of R. v. Williams[2], and Treasurer of Ontario v. Blonde; Treasurer of Ontario v. Aberdein[3], having regard as well to the judgment of this Court in The King v. National Trust Co.[4], Wolfenden’s shares were not situated in British Columbia unless s. 94(1) had the [...] There is some support for the first view in the Blonde and Aberdein case and for the latter view in the Williams case.
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1,002.
Moran v. Pyle National (Canada) Ltd. - [1975] 1 SCR 393 - 1973-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Brenda Elaine Moran in her own right as widow of the late William Franklin Moran, deceased, and Robert William Moran and Todd Michael Moran by their next friend Brenda Elaine Moran (Plaintiffs) Appellants; [...] According to the statement of claim, the averments of which I accept as true solely for the purpose of testing jurisdiction, William Franklin Moran, an electrician employed by International Minerals and Chemical Corporation (Canada) Ltd. was fatally injured at or near the Town of Esterhazy in the Province of Saskatchewan
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1,003.
Bell v. Attorney General for Prince Edward Island - [1975] 1 SCR 25 - 1973-11-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
William Henkel, Q.C., for the intervenant, the Attorney General for Alberta.
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1,004.
Ross v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles et al. - [1975] 1 SCR 5 - 1973-11-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William Henkel, Q.C., for the intervenant, the Attorney General for Alberta.
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1,005.
Chamney v. R. - [1975] 2 SCR 151 - 1973-10-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Solicitor for the respondent: William B. Purdy, Saskatoon. [1] [1972] 3 W.W.R. 612, 25 D.L.R. (3d) 1.
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1,006.
Co-operative Fire and Casualty Co. v. Twa et al. - [1975] 1 SCR 97 - 1973-10-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
of the late George William Sinclair whose motor bicycle had been insured by the appellant at the time when it was involved in an accident in which Sinclair was killed and the respondent, who was a gratuitous passenger on the motor cycle, received the serious injuries in respect of which the $30,000 judgment was granted. [...] UPON it appearing that if there were no such coverage and if the alleged policy of insurance did not provide indemnity to the said George William Sinclair, that then, the Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act, pursuant to the provisions of that Act would be liable to indemnify the Plaintiff.
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1,007.
Finlay et al. v. Auld - [1975] 1 SCR 338 - 1973-10-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsProfessional law
William Gordon Finlay and Nancy Jean Finlay (Plaintiffs) Appellants; [...] As to the facts, there is the statement, made by the female plaintiff to the defendant, following the operation, that she was fine; there was no complaint, as I would expect, upon the hospital record during five days or upon discharge; there was no complaint of choking attacks to Dr. William Nicholas, although there was
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1,008.
Attorney General of Canada v. Lavell - [1974] SCR 1349 - 1973-08-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Richard Isaac, Leonard Staats, Clarence Jamieson, Rena Hill, Norman Lickers, William White, Nina Burnham, John Capton, Howard Lickers, Clifford Lickers, Mitchell Sandy, Ronald Monture, Gordon Hill, Sydney Henhawk, Ross Powless, Victor Porter, Frank Monture, Renson Jamieson and Vincent Sandy Appellants;
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1,009.
Lafrance v. R. - [1975] 2 SCR 201 - 1973-08-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
[R. v. Wilkins, [1964] 2 O.R. 365 distinguished; R. v. Williams, [1953] 1 Q.B. 660, referred to.] [...] (See R. v. Williams[3], at p. 666.) The appellant took the vehicle without colour of right and deprived the owner of it temporarily.
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1,010.
Bell Canada v. Office & Professional Employees' Union - [1974] SCR 335 - 1973-05-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Oft cited in this connection is the dictum of Williams J. in Hodgkinson v. Fernie[9], where he said (at p. 202 of 3 C.B. (N.S.) and p. 717 of 140 E.R.):
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1,011.
Hanson v. City of Saint John - [1974] SCR 354 - 1973-05-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
According to William Ross the superintendent of the park for the Association this work was done by the City without request from him. [...] William Robert Wasson...................................... 2,952.00 [...] The test therefore must be applied considering the evidence of William Ross who was the superintendent of Rockwood Park for the respondent Saint John Horitcultural Association.
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1,012.
Kozack v. Richter - [1974] SCR 832 - 1973-05-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
In Re McIntosh, supra, Williams, C.J.Q.B. agreed with the judgment of Smily J. In re Buell (35 C.B.R. 53, [1955] O.W.N. 421), that although the Bankruptcy Act is available to an insolvent not engaged in business, the Act was never intended to enable a judgment debtor to get rid of a judgment for damages and with no other
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1,013.
Wood, Wire & Metal Lathers’ International Union et al. v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America et al. - [1973] SCR 756 - 1973-05-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
WILLIAM J COUR Chairman WJC/lp c.c. Mr. Sal Maso—Lathers Appeals Board [...] Tysoe J.A., in giving reasons for the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, noted that the parties agreed that the interpretation placed on the so-called status quo agreement by Mr. William J. Cour in that letter was a correct interpretation of the said agreement. [...] There Williams C.J.Q.B. in Manitoba had maintained the respondent’s action for a declaration that he was still a member of a local union despite his suspension therefrom under terms which amounted to an expulsion.
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1,014.
Canadian Pacific Ltd. v. Gill et al. - [1973] SCR 654 - 1973-04-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
William C. McConnell, for the defendant, respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered by
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1,015.
Children's Aid Society v. Lyttle - [1973] SCR 568 - 1973-02-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
Solicitor for the appellant: William J. Smith, Toronto. Solicitor for the respondent: Bruce Haines, Toronto.
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1,016.
Calder et al. v. Attorney-General of British Columbia - [1973] SCR 313 - 1973-01-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
State
1. The Defendant admits that the Plaintiff Frank Calder is the President of the Nishga Tribal Council and that the Plaintiffs James Gosnell, Nelson Azak, William McKay, Anthony Robinson, Robert Stevens, Hubert Doolan and Henry McKay are the officers of the Nishga Tribal Council. [...] Also, a Tsimshian gentleman who actually thought of himself as a Nishga chief, William Beynon who lived the greater part of his life at Port Simpson, who was an interpreter and assistant of Barbeau and other anthropologists and who, himself, until his death in 1967, recorded hundreds and hundreds of pages of anthropological [...] This short statement will, I think, on comparison with the authorities to which I will presently refer, be found to be an accurate description of the principles upon which the crown invariably acted with reference to Indian lands, at least from the year 1756, when Sir William Johnston was appointed by the Imperial
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1,017.
Downton v. Royal Trust Co. et al. - [1973] SCR 437 - 1972-12-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsInternational law
[1929] 2 W.W.R. 128; In re Williams and Ancient Order of United Workmen (1907), 14 D.L.R. 482; Schwebel v. Schwebel, [1970] 2 O.R. 354, referred to; Stephens v. Falchi, [1938] S.C.R. 354, distinguished. [...] On the other hand, In re Williams and Ancient Order of United Workmen[15] is on a par with Re Capon in the denial of a wife’s claim to a life insurance benefit on her husband’s death where she had obtained an invalid divorce in a foreign jurisdiction.
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1,018.
Kolodychuk v. Squire - [1973] SCR 303 - 1972-12-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
William Arthur Squire (Defendant) Respondent. 1972: November 23; 1972: December 22.
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1,019.
Manuge v. Dominion Atlantic Railway Co. - [1973] SCR 232 - 1972-10-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
Transportation
Everett William Killam and Myrtle Deltina Killam (Plaintiffs). Everett William Killam and Myrtle Deltina Killam (Plaintiffs) Appellants; [...] A. Boyd MacGillivray, Q.C., for Everett William Killam and Myrtle Deltina Killam. [...] The evidence of the plaintiff, Everett William Killam, was that he had made a
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1,020.
Fleck et al. v. Jones - [1973] SCR 42 - 1972-06-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William Owen Jones (Plaintiff) Respondent. George Fleck and Robert W. Fleck carrying on business under the firm name and style of “Fleck Bros.” and the said Fleck Bros., Bernard Riehl, Jr., Edward Kriese, Edward Siebert, Adolf Lang, Joseph Pogany Jr. and Thomas Jensen (Defendants) Appellants; [...] William Owen Jones (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1972: May 23; 1972: June 29.
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1,021.
R. v. Gunn et al. - [1974] SCR 273 - 1972-06-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Conrad William Gunn and Edward Ponak Appellants; and Her Majesty the Queen Respondent. [...] In January, 1970, the appellants, together with Ido Zamai and John McKeoff, were tried before a judge and jury on the charge that they, with William T. Smith, Murray Theodore Spreckley and persons unknown, conspired to commit the indictable offence of trafficking in a narcotic.
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1,022.
Bayshore Shopping Centre v. Nepean (Township) - [1972] SCR 755 - 1972-03-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
The Corporation of the Township of Nepean and William Bourne and March Ridge Developments Limited (Defendants) Respondents. [...] Walter D. Baker, Q.C., for the respondents, William Bourne and Township of Nepean. [...] Solicitors for the respondents, Township of Nepean and William Bourne: Bell, Baker, Thompson & Oyen, Ottawa.
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1,023.
J. Nunes Diamonds Ltd. v. Dominion Electric Protection Company - [1972] SCR 769 - 1972-03-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Counsel for the appellant informed this Court that the only evidence in reference thereto given by a witness for the respondent was in the examination-in-chief of Gordon William Neil Leighton who was a technician and engineering supervisor of the respondent and that evidence is as follows:
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1,024.
Saint John Priory of Canada Properties v. City of Saint John - [1972] SCR 746 - 1972-03-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsExpropriation
Complex” on an irregularly shaped parcel of land bound on the easterly side by Prince William Street, on the south by Market Square, on the westerly side by Dock Street, and on the north by the rear line of properties facing on Union Street, along the entire block from Dock to Prince William Streets as shown by ex. 26.
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1,025.
Loose v. Spruce Holdings and Investments Limited - [1972] SCR 653 - 1972-01-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
Carl William Loose Appellant; and Spruce Holdings and Investments Limited Respondent,