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City of Port Coquitlam v. Wilson - [1923] SCR 235 - 1922-12-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
William Routley (Plaintiff) Respondent. The Municipality of The City of Port Coquitlam (Defendant) Appellant;
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1,627.
Morin v. Hammond Lumber Co. - [1923] SCR 140 - 1922-12-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Stevens K.C. for the respondent referred to Fitzgerald v. Dressier[3], Williams v. Leper[4].
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1,628.
Canadian Government Merchant Marine, Ltd. v. Canadian Trading Co. - (1922) 64 SCR 106 - 1922-06-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
It was held by A.L. Smith M.R., and Romer L.J., Vaughan Williams L.J. dissenting, that the contract should be construed as subject to an implied condition that if, at the time for its performance, the Orlando should, without default on the defendant's part, have ceased to exist as a ship fit for the purpose of shipping the
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1,629.
Guardian Realty Co. v. John Stark & Co. - (1922) 64 SCR 207 - 1922-06-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
This is the view expressed by the learned author of Gray on Perpetuities, 1915, pages 203-204, and by the learned author of Williams on Vendors and Purchasers in an elaborate discussion of the subject in 42 Solicitors Journal, at page 630.
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1,630.
Hicks v. McClure - (1922) 64 SCR 361 - 1922-06-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
William McClure and George McClure (Defendants) Respondents. 1922: May 30; 1922: June 17. [...] William McClure had by his will directed his executor to sell his farm and to divide the proceeds between his two sons. [...] Solicitor for the appellants: William A. Skeans. Solicitor for the respondents: J.H.G. Wallace.
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Major v. Canadian Pacific Railway - (1922) 64 SCR 367 - 1922-06-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
William J. Major (Plaintiff) Appellant; and The Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Defendant) Respondent.
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1,632.
The Canadian Northern Railway Co. v. The King - (1922) 64 SCR 264 - 1922-06-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
The railway company invokes against this penal claim the statutes of 31 Elizabeth, c. 5, s. 5, and 3 & 4 William IV, c. 42, s. 3, which declare that all actions for forfeiture upon a penal statute should be brought within two years after the offence has been committed, whether the action is brought by the party
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1,633.
Canada Law Book Co. v. Boston Book Co - (1922) 64 SCR 182 - 1922-05-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
While the “set” is described in an earlier clause of the contract as “the English Reports Reprint,” to be published by William Green & Sons of Edinburgh, it is common ground that in order to have an adequate description of the subject-matter of the sale recourse must be had to a prospectus issued by the Edinburgh firm [...] At the time the said agreements were entered into the defendant had in its possession a prospectus issued by William Green & Sons stating in general terms their plans for the issue of the English Reports Reprint and the contract between the plaintiff and the defendant was entered into with reference to this prospectus [...] There is no privity between the Canada Law Book Company, Limited, and William Green & Sons.
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Corporation of Point Grey v. Shannon - (1922) 63 SCR 557 - 1922-03-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
William Shannon and Other Respondents. 1922: February 9, 10; 1922: March 29. [...] had allowed an appeal from the assessment of the Court of Revision assessing the lands of William Shannon and another, the now respondents, at their actual value and not at their agricultural value.
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1,635.
Melukhova v. Employers' Liability Assurance Co. - (1922) 63 SCR 511 - 1922-03-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
During the proceedings, and before the filing of a plea, the company was placed in liquidation and William J. Henderson was appointed its liquidator.
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1,636.
Attorney-General for British Columbia and the Minister of Lands v. Brooks-Bidlake and Whitall, Ltd. - (1922) 63 SCR 466 - 1922-02-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
I think that what I have said is supported by the ratio decidendi of the Judicial Committee in Grand Trunk Pacific Ry. Co. v. Fort William Land Investment Co.[10].
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1,637.
Winnipeg Electric Ry. Co. v. Aitken - (1922) 63 SCR 586 - 1922-02-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
Vaughan-Williams L. J. says at page 19:— The case of Taylor v. Manchester, & c., Ry. Co.[17], seems to shew that, even in a case in which a ticket is issued to the passenger, and the passenger through the negligence of the railway company's servants sustains personal injuries, the cause of action arising would in
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1,638.
Jamieson v. Jamieson - (1921) 63 SCR 188 - 1921-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
2. It is agreed between William C. Jamieson and John A. Jamieson that they shall continue in the partnership together under the terms of the existing partnership agreement between the three herein mentioned,—except that the said interest of the said William C. Jamieson in the chattels shall be two-thirds, instead of one [...] "The probate is" in the language of a work of long established reputation and weight (Williams on Executors, at p. 207) [...] Williams, Executors, p. 213; and such acts will stand good though the executor die without proving the will.
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1,639.
The Montreal Trust Co. v. Richardson - (1921) 62 SCR 617 - 1921-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William Bramley, The Hemming Mfg. Company, The Hemsley Mfg. Company,
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1,640.
Peterson v. Bitzer - (1921) 62 SCR 384 - 1921-10-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
THE CHIEF JUSTICE.—For the reasons stated by Sir William Meredith, Chief Justice of Ontario, in his dissenting opinion in the Appeal Court of Ontario (First Division), in which I fully concur, and to which I have nothing useful to add, I would allow this appeal with costs here and in the Appellate Division and restore the
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1,641.
Royal Bank of Canada v. The King - (1921) 62 SCR 313 - 1921-06-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
The Royal Bank of Canada, Trustee for Sir Herbert Holt, George Underwood and Estate of the Late Sir William C. Van Horne (Defendant) Appellant;
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1,642.
Clark v. The King - (1921) 61 SCR 608 - 1921-03-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
As against these observations may be put the language of Tindal C. J. in addressing the jury in McNaughton's Case[27], where he presided with Williams J. and Coleridge J. The learned Chief Justice used these words:—
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Git v. Forbes - (1921) 62 SCR 1 - 1921-03-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
I prefer to anything else I have seen the interpretation of same decision and text which appears in the case of Williams v. Hathaway[2], at page 549 et seq., and applied with due discrimination in Watling v. Lewis[3], as safe guides. [...] Again, Sir George Jessel, who afterwards in Re Bywater[11], at pages 19-20, described the converse rule governing the construction of wills as a mere rule of thumb, laid down in Williams v. Hathaway[12], at page 549, that the rule now under consideration “by no means applies” where the proviso limits the liability under the [...] In the latter case the cardinal rule of construction, that you must give effect to every part of a document if you can, must undoubtedly prevail; Elderslie SS. Co. v. Borthwick[15]; Williams v. Hathaway[16]; in the former the rule stated in Shepard’s Touchstone at p. 38 (No. 7),
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1,644.
Milburn v. Grayson and the Executors and Administrators Trust Company - (1921) 62 SCR 49 - 1921-03-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
William Milburn and Others (Defendants) Appellants; and William Grayson and P. A. Reilly (Plaintiffs) [...] Anglin J.—To five children of his sister William Walsh by his will bequeathed the sum of $800 each. [...] First Question:—Is the bequest of $800 by the late William Walsh to each of his nephews and nieces, to wit to William Milburn, Robert Milburn, Walter Milburn, Mary Milburn and Ida Milburn, all of them being children of his sister Margaret A. Milburn, revoked by reason of the codicil added to his will by the said William
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1,645.
Page v. Campbell - (1921) 61 SCR 633 - 1921-03-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
THE CHIEF JUSTICE.—I am of opinion that this appeal should be dismissed with costs for the reasons stated by Chief Justice Sir William Meredith in delivering the unanimous judgment of the Appellate Division.
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1,646.
Beatty v. Best and Ash - (1921) 61 SCR 576 - 1921-02-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
William T. Best and G.P. Ash (Plaintiffs) Respondents. E.R. Beatty (Defendant) Appellant;
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1,647.
Abell v. The Corporation of the County of York - (1920) 61 SCR 345 - 1920-12-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
Agreeing as I fully do with the reasoning of Sir William Meredith, Chief Justice of Ontario, who delivered the judgment of the Appeal Court, concurred in by Maclaren, Magee and Hodgins JJ., I would dismiss this appeal with costs.
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Munroe v. Lefevre - (1920) 61 SCR 284 - 1920-12-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Elle partit ensuite pour aller demeurer aux Etats-Unis, ainsi que la plupart des légataires et héritiers de James O'Connell, à l'exception de John O'Connell, le mari de la défenderesse, et le défendeur William John O'Connell et son frère et ses soeurs. [...] Mais cette entrée peut s'expliquer par le fait que les enfants de John O'Connell, notamment le défendeur William-John alias James O'Connell et Mary Maria O'Connell [...] En 1907, les lots 266 et 360 ont été vendus par la corporation du comté de Québec pour taxes municipales dues à la corporation de Sainte-Foy, et Mary Stuart Munroe et son fils William John O'Connell s'en sont rendus adjudicataires pour le montant des
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1,649.
Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Co. v. Alberta (Attorney-General) - (1920) 61 SCR 213 - 1920-12-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
The principle of the decision in Fort William [Page 221] Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co. v. Property Owners [2] seems to be in point.
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1,650.
The Ottawa Electric Railway Co. v. Booth - (1920) 63 SCR 444 - 1920-12-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
The deceased was a clerk in the Militia Department which then occupied a building on the south side of Slater Street, about 150 feet east of Elgin Street, and, on the morning of the day in question for the purpose of reaching his office, two blocks distant, he, in company with two fellow clerks, William J. Peary and Theo.