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1,551.
Canadian National Rys. v. Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. - [1929] SCR 135 - 1929-01-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Callander Station, to Port Moody in the province of British Columbia; and also, a branch line of railway from some point on the main line of railway to Fort William on Thunder Bay; and also the existing branch line of railway from Selkirk, in the province of Manitoba, to Pembina in the said province; and also other
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1,552.
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. v. Murdoch - [1929] SCR 141 - 1928-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
William Murdoch and Another (Plaintiffs) Respondents. 1928: October 18; 1928: December 21. [...] In commenting on that case in Barker v. Herbert[13], Vaughan Williams L.J., says: [...] In Williams v. Jones[15] , the plaintiff had gratuitously permitted the defendant to use his shed for the purpose of having a sign-board made therein.
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1,553.
Hall v. Toronto Guelph Express Co. - [1929] SCR 92 - 1928-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
William R. Hall, Annie C. Hall, Alice R. Dale and Frank J. Justin (Plaintiffs) Appellants; [...] William R. Hall, Annie C. Hall, Alice R. Dale, Frank J. Justin? [...] Appeal allowed with costs (as to appellants William R. Hall and Alice R. Dale).
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1,554.
London Life Ins. Co. v. Trustee of the Property of Lang Shirt Co. Ltd. - [1929] SCR 117 - 1928-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
In each of them the action is based on an insurance policy on the life of William Raymond Moore, the husband of Margaret Elizabeth Moore, who, in two of these cases, is the plaintiff; and is here a respondent. [...] The other action is on behalf of the trustee in bankruptcy of the property of the Lang Shirt Company, Limited, of which William Raymond Moore was president and managing director. [...] The three appeals were argued at the same time, and will be dealt with together, the main question of fact being the same in each, to wit: did William Raymond Moore die by his own act, or was his death a death by accident within the meaning of the insurance policies?
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1,555.
Busch v. The Eastern Trust Co. et al. - [1928] SCR 479 - 1928-06-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
The following passage from Williams on Executors, 11th ed., p. 981, quoted with approval: “Where there is no gift but by a direction to pay, or divide and pay, at a future time, or on a given event, or to transfer “from and after” a given event, the vesting will be postponed till after that time has arrived, or that event [...] It is said in Williams on Executors, 11th ed., p. 981, Where there is no gift but by a direction to pay, or divide and pay, at a future time, or on a given event, or to transfer “from and after” a given event, the vesting will be postponed till after that time has arrived, or that event has happened, unless, from particular
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1,556.
Louch v. Pape Avenue Land Co., Ltd. - [1928] SCR 518 - 1928-06-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
William Louch as Purchaser (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Pape Avenue Land Company Limited as Vendor (Defendant) Respondent.
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1,557.
McKenzie v. Huybers - [1929] SCR 38 - 1928-06-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
William Huybers and The Sheriff of The County of Halifax Respondents.
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1,558.
Prentice v. City of Sault Ste. Marie - [1928] SCR 309 - 1928-06-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
Sir William Hearst K.C. for the appellants. W.N. Tilley K.C. for the respondent.
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1,559.
Fairhall v. Butler - [1928] SCR 369 - 1928-05-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
William v. Butler, On Behalf of the White Star Refining Company, (Plaintiff) Respondent.
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1,560.
Reference as to constitutional validity of certain sections of The Fisheries Act, 1914 - [1928] SCR 457 - 1928-05-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
W. E. Williams for the Attorney General of British Columbia. Aimé Geoffrion K.C. and E. F. Newcombe for the Japanese fishermen.
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1,561.
In re Court - [1929] SCR 50 - 1928-05-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Sir William Hearst K.C. for the respondent Edith C. Matheson (a daughter of the said Frederick Henry Court and Emily Court).
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1,562.
Krumm v. Shepard District No. 220 - [1928] SCR 487 - 1928-05-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
William C. Krumm (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Municipal District of Shepard No. 220 and William Hinde (Defendants) Respondents [...] The assessor, the respondent, William Hind, in that year, having in response to a tax notice, in the usual form, addressed to John F. Krumm, received payment of the sum demanded, from Herbert Krumm, who was in fact a son of John F. Krumm, assumed from the form in which the payment was made (the particulars of which are not [...] With the exception of the evidence of the defendant, William Hinde, and certain documents, the case was tried on admissions of fact made by the parties.
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1,563.
Herron v. Mayland - [1928] SCR 225 - 1928-03-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William Stewart Herron (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Albert Henry Mayland and Royalite Oil Company, Limited (Defendants) Respondents [...] Williams v. Owen[6]. And where, in the documents they have executed, the parties have clearly explained that such is the character of their transaction, it requires powerful collateral evidence to overcome the presumption that the record is a faithful one.
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1,564.
Keenan Bros. Ltd. v. Langdon - [1928] SCR 203 - 1928-03-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
William Langdon (Plaintiff) Respondent. and Alexander King and Alexander King & Son (Defendants).
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1,565.
Le Séminaire de Québec and Chauveau v. La Cité de Lévis - [1928] SCR 187 - 1928-03-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
Qu’une exemption de taxes, sauf la taxe d’eau, pour une période de cinq ans, à partir du premier mai mil neuf cent dix-neuf (1919), soit accordée à MM. William H. Hutchison, de Londres, Angleterre, Horace Dussault, de Lévis, entrepreneur et Charles-Auguste Chauveau, de Québec, avocat, faisant affaires à Lévis comme
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1,566.
Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. v. Hickman Grain Co. Ltd. - [1928] SCR 170 - 1928-02-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
Some of the cars were, by the terms of the bills of lading, consigned to Winnipeg, and the others to Fort William, but the latter, while in transit, were, by arrangement, diverted to Winnipeg. [...] Four of the cars in question were, by the terms of the bills, consigned to Winnipeg, and the others to Fort William. [...] Nor can I agree that the diversion of the grain from Fort William to Winnipeg, to be delivered to the “care of McMillan
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1,567.
Canadian Westinghouse Co. v. Grant - [1927] SCR 625 - 1927-10-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
William W. Grant (Defendant) Respondent. 1927: June 8, 9; 1927: October 4.
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1,568.
Houghton Land Corporation v. Rural Municipality of Richot - [1927] SCR 485 - 1927-06-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
E. K. Williams K.C. and E. F. Newcombe for the appellant. D. H. Laird K.C. for the respondent municipality.
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1,569.
Lemcke v. Newlove - [1927] SCR 389 - 1927-04-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
The appellants rely upon a passage in Williams on Executors which refers to Lowson v. Copeland[4], where Lord Thurlow held an executor liable to answer for 100 pounds not got in from a bond debt in consequence of his neglect to secure payment; but that decision relates to money lent upon a mere personal obligation.
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1,570.
The Custodian v. Blucher - [1927] SCR 420 - 1927-04-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
Lothair William Gebhard Blucher (Claimant) Respondent; 1927: February 23; 1927: April 20. [...] of the dividends withheld, and I am aware that a suggestion in support of the propriety of a claim for damages is to be found in the judgment of Vaughan Williams L.J., in Manners v. Pearson[8]; but I think the claim should be considered and effect given to the rights of the parties upon the facts admitted, and that,
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1,571.
Gale v. Thomas - [1927] SCR 314 - 1927-01-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
Robert Henry Gale, Terminal Grain Company Limited, John Russell Smith and William Farquhar Gurd (Defendants) Appellants; [...] Corporation (one of the concerns mentioned in Gale's letter to plaintiff aforesaid), Gale was met in England by another official of the Canadian British Corporation, who subsequently introduced him to Sir William Nicholls, of Spillers Milling and Associated Industries Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as the "Spillers"). [...] (whom I shall designate as the Spillers), of which Sir William Nicholls was managing director, one of a group of concerns to which Spillers & Baker, one of the firms mentioned in the letter of the 30th of August, belonged; Gale having been introduced to Sir William Nicholls by Mr. White, of the Canadian British
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1,572.
Gordon v. Hebblewhite - [1927] SCR 29 - 1927-01-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
William Arthur Hebblewhite, carrying on business under the firm name of “Winnipeg Financial Corporation” (Plaintiff) Respondent; [...] While some of the testimony of the defence witnesses, Lount, Lyon, Williams and Gordon, detailing conversations between themselves in the absence of the plaintiff, may have been improperly received, there is enough admissible evidence to establish that the appellant Gordon endorsed the $10,000 note sued on upon the distinct
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1,573.
Baker v. The King - [1926] SCR 92 - 1926-12-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
In the early days of September, Marinoff purchased from Willis 350 " cases," so called, of Scotch whisky and gin, and it was arranged that, according to a practice followed in the execution of previous sales, the liquor should be sent in the Beryl G., manned by William Gillis and his son, to an anchorage in a cove at Sidney [...] Stromkins and Sowash say that, on Baker's proposal, or the proposal of Baker and Morris, they left for Sidney Island with the intention of taking from the Beryl G., whose anchorage was well known, her cargo of liquor; that this purpose was carried out; that William Gillis and his son were killed in the course of its
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1,574.
Standard Trusts Co. v. Hiram (Municipality) - [1927] SCR 50 - 1926-12-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
The other respondent, William A. Lamrock, was the purchaser at the tax sale.
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1,575.
A. R. Williams Machinery Co. Ltd. v. Moore - [1926] SCR 692 - 1926-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
A. R. Williams Machinery Co. Ltd. v. Moore, , [1926] SCR 692 Supreme Court of Canada [...] A. R. Williams Machinery Co. Ltd. v. Moore, [1926] S.C.R. 692 Date: 1926-10-05 [...] A. R. Williams Machinery Company Limited (Defendant) Appellant; and