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2,101.
In Re County Courts of British Columbia - (1892) 21 SCR 446 - 1892-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
"6. By commission, under the great seal, dated the 19th of September, 1889, William Ward Spinks, Esquire, was appointed judge of the county court of Yale, and such commission is as follows:"— [...] "To William Ward Spinks, of the Town of Kamloops, in the Province of British Columbia, in our Dominion of Canada, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, Greeting:" [...] We have constituted and appointed and We do hereby constitute and appoint you the said William Ward Spinks, to be a judge of the county court of Yale, in the province of British Columbia."
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McGregor v. Canada Investment and Agency Co. - (1892) 21 SCR 499 - 1892-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
J. Devlin sa mère James Thomas Craig, et les représentants de feu William Quinn, auteurs de Thomas Craig, alléguant qu'il ignorait alors la vente de Devlin à Craig, et demandant par cette action que tous les actes et procédés allégués par i’ intimée dans son plaidoyer fussent annulés. [...] “4 A deed of sale of 25th October, 1876, from William Quinn to Helen Mahers of no. 16, being part of the lot in question, and a deed of sale of 14th January, 1870 from James Thomas to Helen Mahers of no. 17, the other part of said lot." [...] 15th October, 1866, from Helen Mahers, acting as aforesaid, to William Quinn of lot no 16."
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2,103.
Webster v. Foley - (1892) 21 SCR 580 - 1892-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Solicitor for respondents : Adolphus Williams. [1] 2 B.C. Rep. 137.
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2,104.
Couture v. Bouchard - (1892) 21 SCR 281 - 1892-11-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
See also Evans v. Rees ([8]); Green v. Cobden ([9]); and Miles v. Williams ([10]).
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2,105.
The Great Eastern Railway v. Lambe - (1892) 21 SCR 431 - 1892-11-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
WILLIAM B. LAMBE, èsqual. (PLAINTIFF) Respondent. 1892: Oct 10; 1892 Nov 2
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Edmonds v. Tiernan - (1892) 21 SCR 406 - 1892-10-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
Solicitors for respondents: McPhillips & Williams. [1] 2 B. C. Rep. 82.
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2,107.
British American Assurance Co. v. Law & Co. - (1892) 21 SCR 325 - 1892-10-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Law & Co. And Others (Plaintiffs) Respondents 1892: May 9; 1892: Oct. 10. [...] Borden Q.C. for the respondents, cited Williams v. Roger Williams Insurance Co.[2]; Insurance Co. v. Baring[3]; Hooper v. Robinson[4]. [...] William Law & Co., on account of owners, in case of loss to be paid to William Law & Co., do make insurance, and cause to be insured, lost or not lost, the sum of two thousand dollars, on advances upon the body, tackle, apparel and other furniture of the good barque Lizzie Perry.
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2,108.
Buck v. Knowlton - (1892) 21 SCR 371 - 1892-10-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William G. Knowlton (Defendant) Respondent 1892: May 31; 1892: Oct. 10.
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2,109.
Harris v. Robinson - (1892) 21 SCR 390 - 1892-10-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
title had not been registered; and secondly, that there appeared on the registry to be an annuity or rent charge which formed an incumbrance upon the lands having been granted by one Perry in favour of Sir William Campbell when Perry purchased from Campbell as part security for payment of the purchase money on that sale.
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Collins v. Cunningham / Cunningham v. Drysdale - (1892) 21 SCR 139 - 1892-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
On the 9th of August, 1888, Mr. Justice Townshend made an order that William McGribbon and David McGibbon, who were mortgage incumbrancers claiming as such under mortgages made by the heirs of Bernard O'Neil, or by some of them, should have leave to enter an appearance and becomes parties defendant in the action.
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Sydney and Louisburg Coal and Railway Co. v. Sword - (1892) 21 SCR 152 - 1892-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
The writ alleges that William Sword, the demandant's huband, was seized of these lands in his demesne as of fee during the coverture. [...] The provincial grant was void ab initio and consequently no seizin passed by it to the grantee William Sword, the demandant's husband. [...] The conveyance by William Sword to the Glasgow and Cape Breton Coal and Railway Company was what is technically termed an innocent conveyance, that is a conveyance not having any violent or tortious operation, such as a fine or feoffment formerly had; it follows that William Sword the grantor would not himself have been
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2,112.
Williams v. Raleigh (Township) - (1892) 21 SCR 103 - 1892-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
Williams v. Raleigh (Township), (1892) 21 SCR 103 Supreme Court of Canada [...] Williams v. Raleigh (Township), (1892) 21 S.C.R. 103 Date: 1892-06-28 [...] Sarah Ann Williams and Charles A. Williams (Plaintiffs) Appellants; and
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Corporation of the Township of Sombra v. Corporation of the Township of Chatham - (1892) 21 SCR 305 - 1892-06-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
townships, or independently, one William Whitebread and others, inhabitants of the gore of Chatham, in or about the month of September, 1880, petitioned the council of the township of Chatham for a drain to be dug along the northerly side of the road between the gore of Chatham and the township of Sombra to extend from
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2,114.
The Ayr American Plough Co. v. Wallace - (1892) 21 SCR 256 - 1892-05-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William B. Wallace (Defendant) Respondent 1892: May 16. Present:—Sir W. J. Ritchie C.J. and Strong, Taschereau, Gwynne and Patterson JJ.
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2,115.
Duggan v. London & Canadian Loan Co. - (1892) 20 SCR 481 - 1892-05-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsSecurities
See Cole v. The North-western Bank[4]; Williams v. The Colonial Bank[5]. [...] See also Williams v. The Colonia Bank5. [Page 484] As to the intention of the parties in the transaction between Duggan and Scarth & Cochran see Bradford Banking Co. v. Briggs[10]. [...] See Williams v. The Colonial Bank[16] and City Bank v. Barrow[17]. The respondents took shares without notice and the appellant must show some equitable ground upon which they should be re-transferred.
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2,116.
McMicken v. The Ontario Bank - (1892) 20 SCR 548 - 1892-05-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
Margaret S. McMicken, By William B. Scarth, her Next Friend (Plaintiff) [...] Being asked who were present at the time she signed the deed, she answered—“The late William Ross, George Brown, my husband and myself, and I think my father-in-law, though I am not sure as to him.”
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The Municipality of Lunenburg v. The Attorney-General of Nova Scotia - (1892) 20 SCR 596 - 1892-05-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
The Warden and Council of the Municipality of Lunenburg, William H. DeLong and others (Defendants)
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2,118.
Utterson Lumber Co. v. Rennie - (1892) 21 SCR 218 - 1892-05-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
William A. Mitchell, John W. Lang, William W. Park, James Todhunter and Thomas H. Steele, all creditors of the insolvents, became the purchasers of the insolvents’ real estate and other property for the price of $16,050.
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2,119.
McDonald v. McDonald - (1892) 21 SCR 201 - 1892-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Then he divided the rear one hundred acres, namely, east half of 18 in the 7th between his sons William and Alexander, giving William the east half and the defendant Alexander the west half, the fifty acres in question. [...] the 300 acres to his brother William for the expressed consideration of $2,000, out of which William was to pay the mortgage to the bank which was done, but William afterwards got into difficulties and the land was again sold by the sheriff under execution against William’s lands and was bought by the plaintiff for $599. [...] Nor is it disputed that after the conveyance of the land by the plaintiff to his brother William in 1853, and
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2,120.
Miller v. Duggan - (1892) 21 SCR 33 - 1892-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
William Miller and Robert Miller (Plaintiffs) Appellants And Johanna Duggan, Patrick M. Duggan, and Charles Cogswell (Defendants) [...] Goff v. Lister[25]; Bethune v. Caulcutt[26]; Graham v. Chalmers[27]; Rice v. O'Connor[28]; Farrow v. Rees[29]; and Jones v. Williams[30] are all authorities to this effect.
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North Perth Election Case (Campbell v. Grieve) - (1892) 20 SCR 331 - 1892-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsWilliam Gowing was a voter who voted in Listowel, who, at the date of the election lived in Stratford. [...] have been treated by John Duggan and William Daly, alleged agents of the respondent. [...] The voter, William Gowing, was a bricklayer living in Stratford and having a vote at Listowel.
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The Accident Ins. Co. of North America v. Young - (1892) 20 SCR 280 - 1892-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
The action was brought to recover from the defendants the sum of $5000 under and by virtue of a certain policy of insurance issued by the said defendants insuring one William Wilson, against death by accident. [...] That both before and after the said accident the said William Wilson had used all due diligence for his personal safety, protection and preservation, and had. in every way complied with the clauses and conditions of the said policy of insurance» and his said accident and subsequent death were covered by the said policy; [...] That the death of the said William Wilson occurred on the thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. as alleged in the plaintiff 's declaration, but the said plaintiff wholly failed and neglected to notify the said defendants as required by the said above recited condition until long after the death
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Welland Election Case (German v. Rothery) - (1892) 20 SCR 376 - 1892-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
William Manly German (Respondent) Appellant And Jesse Calhoun Rothery (Petitioner)
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2,124.
Ashdown v. The Manitoba Free Press Company - (1891) 20 SCR 43 - 1891-11-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Robinson Q.C. for the respondents cited, as to the contention that the statute should have been pleaded, Williams v. The East India Co. ([5]); Sissons v. Dixon ([6]); and as to the declaration being sufficient, Moyer v. Davidson ([7]); De Forrest v. Bunnell ([8]); Mowat v. Clement ([9]). [...] appear to me material, inasmuch as either swearing or affirming would be a compliance with the statute, though I should, if it were necessary to determine this point, certainly be prepared to hold that the contents ‘of the document which states that “ I, William F. Luxton, &c., do solemnly declare and affirm that,” [...] I, William Fisher Luxton, of the city of Winnipeg, in the county of Selkirk, journalist, do solemnly declare and affirm:
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2,125.
Benning v. The Atlantic & N.W. Ry Co. - (1891) 20 SCR 177 - 1891-11-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsExpropriation
The "plaintiffs are the executors of the late "William Moody, of Côte St. Antoine.