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1,276.
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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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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1,279.
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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1,280.
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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1,281.
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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1,282.
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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1,283.
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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1,284.
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.
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1,285.
Christie v. British American Oil Company Ltd. - [1954] SCR 111 - 1954-02-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Which of the two was the proper one was a question to be determined upon the principles laid down in Rex v. Williams 7 and in Aberdein’s case 8.
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1,286.
Nelson et al. v. National Trust Co. et al. - [1954] SCR 88 - 1954-02-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsTrust
H.P. Hill, Q.C. for The Official Guardian: The sale of the William Neilson Co. Ltd. stock was decided without submitting the matter to the respondent’s Board of Directors, and the non‑exercise of a discretion by the Board is a factor to be considered in fixing compensation where an executor does an act in which he does not
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1,287.
Ellis v. London-Canada Insurance Co. - [1954] SCR 28 - 1954-01-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
George William Ellis (Plaintiff) Appellant; and London-Canada Insurance Company (Defendant) Respondent.
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1,288.
Archibald v. Nesting - [1953] 2 SCR 423 - 1953-11-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
William D. Archibald and Lionel George Talbot (Defendants). Appellants; [...] Eileen Florence Nesting and Clarence William Madsen (Plaintiffs) .Respondents ;
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1,289.
Wanklyn v. Minister of National Revenue - [1953] 2 SCR 58 - 1953-06-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
(f) To pay to my husband, the said Walter William Chipman, during the remainder of his lifetime, the net interest and revenues from the residue of my Estate and in addition thereto to pay to my said husband from time to time and at any time such portions of the capital of my Estate as he may wish or require and upon his [...] To pay to my husband, the said Walter William Chipman, during the remainder of his lifetime, the net interest and revenues from the residue of my estate and in addition thereto to pay to my said husband from time to time and at any time such portions of the capital of my estate as he may wish or require and upon his simple [...] The will recites that Mrs. Chipman is the wife, separate as to property, of Dr. Walter William Chipman, (hereinafter referred to as Dr. Chipman) and by clause "Thirdly" gives the whole of her estate to her executors and trustees in trust:—
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1,290.
Grandel v. Mason - [1953] 1 SCR 459 - 1953-04-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
in Williams—Joint Tortfeasors and Contributory Negligence, p. 5 et seq. [...] In Kine v. Jolly 24, Vaughan Williams L.J. said in part (p. 489) :— I think we must bear in mind that in these cases, which are conveniently grouped together as cases in which the proper form of action is an action of nuisance, citizens are not to be allowed to enforce rights which limit the user by others of property,
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1,291.
The Queen v. Nisbet Shipping Co. Ltd. - [1953] 1 SCR 480 - 1953-04-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
charge of Canadian naval ships out of which their liability for negligence must arise: Vaughan-Williams L.J. in H.M.S. Sans Pareil 4. [...] The court, consisting of Rich, A.C.J., Starke J., Dixon J. (now C.J.), McTiernan J. and Williams J. agreed in the general proposition that in the circumstances of actual hostile engagement the civil laws are in effect supplanted and no act of persons participating in it can give rise to liability in negligence.
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1,292.
Gaunt and Watts v. The Queen - [1953] 1 SCR 505 - 1953-04-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Henry Watt And William Gaunt Appellants; and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent.
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1,293.
Harvey v. Perry - [1953] 1 SCR 233 - 1953-03-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William Landon Harvey (Defendant) Appellant; and Arthur Cyril Perry (Plaintiff) Respondent.
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1,294.
Pinsky v. Wass - [1953] 1 SCR 399 - 1953-03-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Anna Pinsky and William Pinsky (Plaintiffs) Appellants; and Ella Wass and Thomas Wass (Defendants) Respondents. [...] In these circumstances William Pinsky, as spouse, is not estopped from the insistence upon his dower rights. [...] Under the agreement in question, William Pinsky contracted as "owner".
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Singer and Belzberg v. J.H. Ashdown Hardware Co. Ltd. - [1953] 1 SCR 252 - 1953-03-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
In Parr v. Snell 7, Scrutton L.J. referred to what he has said in Moore v. Flanagan 8, where he adopted as correct what Vaughan Williams J. had stated in Hammond v. Schofield, at p. 457:— [...] On January 6, 1950, the respondent discontinued the said action as against the present appellants and on that date commenced the present action against the appellants and one William Kluner, the Statement of Claim alleging that during the years 1948 and 1949 the defendants had been partners with Barker in the business known [...] That order was confirmed on appeal by Pollock, B. Thomas appealed to the Divisional Court consisting of Wills and Vaughan Williams, JJ. and the appeal was allowed.
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Proctor et al. v. Dyck et al. - [1953] 1 SCR 244 - 1953-03-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
John Dyck, William Duncan and James Duncan (Defendants) Respondents. [...] With the exception of William the children with whose claims we are concerned were not dependent upon the deceased. [...] William was living at home and receiving spending money and money for his clothing from the deceased.
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McColl Frontenac Oil Company Ltd. v. Hamilton - [1953] 1 SCR 127 - 1953-01-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
This contract, therefore, gives to the appellant the right to take a part of the soil and is a profit à prendre, which, in itself, is an interest in land. 11 Hals., 2nd Ed., 387, para. 680; McIntosh v. Leckie 16; Canadian Ry. Accident Co. v. Williams 17.
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In re Cox / Baker v. National Trust - [1953] 1 SCR 94 - 1952-12-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsTrust
Williams’ Trustees v. Inland Revenue Commissioners[40]. Lord Porter in National Anti-Vivisection Society v. Inland Revenue Commissioners[41], stated:
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Marsden Kooler Transport v. Pollock - [1953] 1 SCR 66 - 1952-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
Annie Pollock, as Administratrix of the Estate of William Bruno Pollock, Deceased (Plaintiff) Respondent. [...] This action is brought by his mother, as administratrix of his estate, on her own behalf and that of his father William [...] According to William Bruno, it would have cost him $120 a month for a man to replace his son as his assistant in carrying on his
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Schara Tzedeck v. Royal Trust Co. - [1953] 1 SCR 31 - 1952-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
In Williams on Executors, 12th Ed. p. 610, the learned author says that if the deceased has left directions as to the disposal of his body, though these are not legally binding on the personal representative, effect should be given to his wishes as far as is possible. [...] in a Jewish cemetery in which the testatrix had her own burial plot, but this statement is not supported by authority (Williams, 12th Ed. p. 610: 3 Hals. p. 457).