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Anchor Marine Insurance Co. v. Corbett - (1882) 9 SCR 73 - 1882-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William E. Wier, Guardians of estate of Jos. Wier. The said note was duly presented and protested for non-payment on the 30th of September, A.D. 1878, the protest thereof being in due form. [...] Williams, J.: The law has for many years been settled, and remains so at this day, that, when a cause or matters in difference are referred to an arbitrator, whether lawyer or a layman, he is constituted the sole and final judge of all questions both of law and of fact. [...] The ground is put thus by Sir William Grant in giving his judgment: "The only agreement into which the defendant entered was to purchase at a price to be ascertained in a specific mode.
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2,302.
Dupuy v. Ducondu - (1881) 6 SCR 425 - 1881-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
PRESENT : Sir William J. Ritchie, Knight, C. T., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, J.J
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2,303.
McDougall v. Campbell - (1881) 6 SCR 502 - 1881-12-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
Present: Sir William J. Ritchie, Kt., C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, JJ. [...] cutors of William McDougall and the Quebec Bank should be dismissed. [...] This instrument was delivered to the respondent David Campbell, and upon the faith of it he advanced to William McDougall the £1,000 which the mortgage was given to secure.
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2,304.
Corby v. Williams - (1881) 7 SCR 470 - 1881-11-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Corby v. Williams, (1881) 7 SCR 470 Supreme Court of Canada Corby v. Williams, (1881) 7 S.C.R. 470 [...] Geo. E. Williams. EXHIBIT (L.) Account purchase by George E. Williams of 12,595-30 [...] Geo. E. Williams, successor to E.R. Williams & Co. Grain Commission Buyers,
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2,305.
Mercer v. Attorney General for Ontario - (1881) 5 SCR 538 - 1881-11-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
from the sale of crown lands which might have been lawfully disposed of” if the Civil List Acts of William IV., c. 25 and 1st and 2ndvic.c. 2, had not been passed, and expressly provides that the surplus not applied to public purposes in the colonies “shall be carried to, and form part of, the said consolidated fund”[11]. [...] In the case of William IV, and in the case of her Majesty (and those acts are still in force in Great Britain, and as far as they apply are in force in the colonies of Great Britain) we find that parliament expressly reserved to the sovereign, or in other words to the crown, the right as against parliament and the [...] the provinces held in free and common socage, previous to the accession of his Majesty William IV.; or to some such statute repealing the statute passed in the first year of his reign, ch. 25, by which his Majesty surrendered to parliament, to form part of the consolidated fund of the kingdom, his Majesty’s interest in the
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2,306.
Schultz v. Wood - (1881) 6 SCR 585 - 1881-11-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Present:—Sir William J. Ritchie, Knt., C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, JJ.
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2,307.
Holman v. Green - (1881) 6 SCR 707 - 1881-05-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
PRESENT—Sir William J. Ritchie, Kt., C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, JJ.
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2,308.
Ray v. The Annual Conference of New Brunswick - (1881) 6 SCR 308 - 1881-04-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
qui lui sont dus par Robert Chesnut, de Fredericton; à la Société Biblique, £150; à la Wesleyan Missionary Society, £1,500; à Alfred Ray, ses terres de marais dans le comté d'Annapolis, plus une somme de £1,000, pour le bénéfice de ses enfants, la dite somme à être payée dans quatre ans; à William Ray, £2,000; Charles Ray,
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2,309.
Summers v. The Commercial Union Ins. Co. - (1881) 6 SCR 19 - 1881-04-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
He says, in his evidence: “I got liberty from Mr. Williams to sign interim receipts. [...] Mr. Williams made reports to the head office; I made none; I was sub-agent for Mr. Williams. [...] But it is contended Williams had authority to appoint sub-agents. Even if the business entrusted to Williams was of such a character that it could be delegated in case of necessity, there was no evidence to shew that it was necessary for Williams to appoint agents to enable him to transact it.
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2,310.
Shaw v. McKenzie - (1881) 6 SCR 181 - 1881-03-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
WILLIAM S. SHAW Appellant; And KENNETH MCKENZEE et al Respondent. [...] That deponent has reason to believe, and verily believes, that the said William J. Shaw, one of the defendants, who is presently in the said city of Montreal, is about to leave immediately the province of Canada, and Dominion of Canada, with intent to defraud his creditors in general and the p1aintiffs in particular, and [...] that such departure will deprive plaintiffs of their recourse against the said William J.Shaw; that the reasons of the said deponent for stating his belief asabove, are : that Mr.Powis, the deponent's . partner, wasinformed last night inToronto, by one Howarda broker, that the said W.J.Shaw was leaving immediately the
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2,311.
London Life Insurance Co. v. Wright - (1881) 5 SCR 466 - 1881-02-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
In Williams v. The Chester and Holyhead Railway Company[32], Martin, B., delivering the judgment of the court, says:— [...] Williams, J.:— I am of the same opinion. I do not see how we can, consistently with the ordinary rules by which statutes are construed, hold this part of the 85th section to be directory.
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2,312.
Ryan v. Ryan - (1881) 5 SCR 387 - 1881-02-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
a new terminus a quo, Doe d. Perry v. Henderson[18]; Keffer v. Keffer[19]; Gray v, Richford[20]; Doe d. Baker v. Coombes[21]; Truesdell v. Cook[22]; Williams v. McDonald[23]; and especially Day v. Day[24]; Banning’s Limitation of Actions[25]; Foster v. Emerson[26] relied upon, is overruled by Truesdell v. Cook22. [...] See the observations on this head of Richards, C.J., in Williams v. McDonald[27]; also, the observations of Robinson, C.J., in Doe d. Henderson[28], which was a case in almost all respects resembling the present case, and in which it was held that the running of the statute was not interrupted by the fact that the father
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2,313.
Jonas v. Gilbert - (1881) 5 SCR 356 - 1881-02-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
William Sandall, as Chamberlain of the City of Saint John, New Brunswick, made a complaint to Humphrey T. Gilbert, the Police Magistrate of the City of Saint John, that Henri Jonas, who was not a free citizen of the said City or a registered freeman, or paying rates or taxes in the said City, did, at the City of Saint John,
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2,314.
Levi v. Reed - (1880) 6 SCR 482 - 1881-02-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
The parties consent and agree to the statement of special case hereto annexed, consisting of the Declaration, the Pleas, the depositions of the witnesses examined by both parties except those of William Edwards, John Gorman, William Lowry, James Bracken, James McCammon, Mary Ann Henderson (Mrs. Rolston) and Thomas
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2,315.
The Queen v. Belleau - (1881) 7 SCR 53 - 1881-02-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Present:—Sir William Johnstone Ritchie, Knight, C.J,, and Fournier, Henry, Taschereau and Gwynne, JJ.
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2,316.
Church v. Fenton - (1880) 5 SCR 239 - 1880-06-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
William John Fenton (Defendant) Respondent. 1880: March 23; 1880: June 21.
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2,317.
Citizens' and The Queen Insurance Cos. v. Parsons - (1880) 4 SCR 215 - 1880-06-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Parsons Respondent. The Queen Insurance Co. Appellants; and [...] William Parsons Respondent. _ The Western Assurance Co. Appellants; [...] Mr. William Valentine, President of, and selected by, the Chamber of Commerce, Belfast, answered:
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2,318.
Farmer v. Living Stone - (1880) 5 SCR 221 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
William Guy Living-Stone Respondent. 1880: May 12; 1880: June 10.
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2,319.
Mowat v. McFee - (1880) 5 SCR 66 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsFishery
William McFee Respondent 1880: May 4, 5; 1880: June 10. Present.—Ritchie, C. J., and Fournier, Henry, Taschereau, and Gwynne, J.J.
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2,320.
Parsons v. Standard Fire Insurance Co. - (1880) 5 SCR 233 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Parsons (Plaintiff) Appellant; and The Standard Fire Insurance Company (Defendants) Respondents.
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2,321.
Wheler v. Gibbs - (1880) 4 SCR 430 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
William Henry Gibbs Respondent 1880: March 22; 1880: June 10. Present.—Ritchie, C. J., and Fournier, Henry, Taschereau and Gwynne, J. J. [...] A. Mr. William Jones, and I think Mr. Edward Munday. I do not recollect positively whether there were any more. [...] But we have also the Ontario Elections Act which contains a similar proviso to that contained in the Dominion Elections Act, and under that clause the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sir William Buell Richards, while Chief Justice of Ontario, held that "expenses for actual professional services performed," meant
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McConaghy v. Denmark - (1880) 4 SCR 609 - 1880-04-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Secondly, his death; and, thirdly, that William Lemoine was his heir. [...] Without evidence of all three the deed of William Lemoine is worthless as a conveyance under the grant to Joseph Lemoine. [...] William Morgan lived at the rear of the lot for 12 years, 25 years ago.
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2,323.
Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Brodie - (1879) 5 SCR 1 - 1880-04-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
WILLIAM BRODIE. Respondent. 1879: Nov 5; 1879: Nov 7; 1879: Nov 8; 1880: April 10 [...] Kerr on Fraud and Mistake ([1]) ; Principal of Harris v. Pepperell ([2]); Webster v. Cecil ([3]); Wood v. Searth([4]); Calverley v Williams ([5]); Brown v. Blackwell ([6]). [...] à payer les frais encourus par le procureur de Brodie ; elle est en ces termes " and furthermore the said company are willing to pay and hereby offer to pay the costs incurred " by the said William Brodie to his attorney and which " costs the said company have already heretofore tendered to the said William Brodie."
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2,324.
O'Brien v. The Queen - (1880) 4 SCR 529 - 1880-03-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William Desmond O'Brien Appellant And The Queen Respondent 1879: Feb'y. 4; 1880: March 13. [...] 2. For the erroneous admission as evidence for the defence of certain reports and written papers signed by one William Marshall, the same not having been duly verified nor the statements therein proved by evidence. [...] It is shown that a man named William Marshall, apparently a very competent person, was the officer in constant supervision and direction of the works.
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Chevrier v. The Queen - (1880) 4 SCR 1 - 1880-03-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
Present: The Honorable Mr. Justice Smith; William K. McCord, Esquire, Circuit Judge. [...] I refer to the deed of sale (exhibit of the respondent), dated 17th May, 1855, to the Crown, represented by William F. Coffin and Thomas McCord, Esquires, as attorneys for the Commissioners of Public Works, from Andrew Leamy and Erexina Wright, his wife. [...] A similar interpretation has been given to the same clause by Sir William Richards, in the case of Wood vs.