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Canadian Utilities Ltd. et al. v. Deputy Minister of National Revenue - [1964] SCR 57 - 1963-10-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
In the case of In re Smith v. Hogan Ltd.3, this Court set aside an order of Cannon J. refusing an application for special leave to appeal from a judgment in bankruptcy proceedings pronounced by the Appeal Division of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick but the reasons of the Court expressly approve the decision in Williams
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1,327.
Rister et al. v. Haubrich - [1958] SCR 665 - 1958-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Edwin Rister, William F. Jacobs, Oscar Walters and Isaac Bjerstedt (Plaintiffs) Appellants;
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Mason v. Freedman - [1958] SCR 483 - 1958-06-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
In Skinner v. Ainsworth[7], the order in Wilson v. Williams[8] was followed and instead of allowing an abatement, the remedy of payment into court as security was adopted.
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1,329.
Mizinski v. Robillard and McLaughlin - [1957] SCR 351 - 1957-04-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William Mizinski (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Wilbert Robillard and Jack McLaughlin (Defendants) Respondents.
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Canning v. The King - [1937] SCR 421 - 1937-06-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Solicitor for the appellant: William J. Murdock. Solicitor for the respondent: Gordon S. Wismer.
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New Regina Trading Co. v. The Canadian Credit Men's Trust Assn. - [1934] SCR 47 - 1933-12-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
E. K. Williams K.C. for the appellant. F. L. Bastedo K.C. for the respondent.
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Lady Davis v. The Royal Trust Co. Et al. - [1932] SCR 203 - 1932-03-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
The Right Honourable Lord Shaughnessy (William James Shaughnessy), of the city and district of Montreal, Alexander M. Reaper, of the city and district of Montreal, and Lady Davis (Dame Eleanor Curran), of the city and district of Montreal, widow of the late Sir Mortimer Barnet Davis, Knight, all three in their quality of
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Ryan v. Charlesworth - [1930] SCR 427 - 1930-04-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
The extent to which the doctrine that his debt was extinguished was carried is further illustrated by the cases collected in Williams on Executors, vol. ii, p. 1180, which shew that an executor, having assets sufficient and properly applicable to pay a debt due to him from his testator, could not sue the testator’s heir nor
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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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Livesley v. Horst Co. - [1924] SCR 605 - 1924-11-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The principle upon which such judgments are enforced by the English courts, as stated by Blackburn J. delivering the judgments of the Court of Queen's Bench in Godard v. Gray[19]; and in Schibsby v. Westenholz[20],— following the judgments of Parke B., in Russell v. Smyth[21], and Williams v. Jones[22]—is that the judgment
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Hood v. Caldwell - [1923] SCR 488 - 1923-05-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
In In re Wragge[4] Vaughan Williams L.J. points out that in such circumstances the court will not limit itself to the question whether or not there is “no consideration whatever,” but with regard either to the whole of the consideration or to any part of it will give effect to its conclusion that the whole or the part is a
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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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Lecomte v. O'Grady - (1918) 57 SCR 563 - 1918-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
E. K. Williams for the respondent. Davies J.—I concur with Mr. Justice Anglin.
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District of North Vancouver v. Tracy - (1903) 34 SCR 132 - 1903-11-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Solicitors for the appellant: McPhillips & Williams. Solicitors for the respondent: Davis, Marshall & Macneill.
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Small v. Thompson - (1897) 28 SCR 219 - 1897-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
See also Williams v. Balfour[15]. Aylesworth Q.C. for the respondent.—The uncontradicted testimony shows that respondent’s purchase of the property was upon the express condition and stipulation that she was not to assume or become liable for the mortgage thereon, but that Sinclair alone was to be liable for the mortgage
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Warner v. Don - (1896) 26 SCR 388 - 1896-06-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
It was decided in 1856 by Lord Hatherly when V. C. Sir William Page Wood that if an instrument which conveys an interest in land conveys also machinery
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Wilson v. Land Security Co. - (1896) 26 SCR 149 - 1896-03-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
William D. Wilson (Defendant) Appellant; and The Land Security Company (Plaintiffs) Respondents.
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Law v. Hansen - (1895) 25 SCR 69 - 1895-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
William Law and Others (Defendants) Appellant And Gustav Conrad Hansen (Plaintiff)
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Parks v. Cahoon - (1894) 23 SCR 92 - 1894-02-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
"On the 7th October, 1881, Benjamin Cahoon conveyed the locus by deed to "William Smith (the father of the plaintiff), who by deed dated the 29th September, 1882, conveyed the same to the plaintiff, the consideration being natural love and affection, and $50, which amount the plaintiff proves that she paid in cash out
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Wallace v. Bossom - (1878) 2 SCR 488 - 1878-06-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
Present—Sir William Buell Richards, Knt., C. J., and Ritchie, Strong, Taschereau, Fournier and Henry, J. J.
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Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott - 2013 SCC 11 - [2013] 1 SCR 467 - 2013-02-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
Constitutional law
William Whatcott Respondent - and - Attorney General for Saskatchewan, Attorney General of Alberta, Canadian Constitution Foundation, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Alberta Human Rights Commission, Egale Canada Inc., Ontario Human Rights Commission, Canadian Jewish Congress, [...] William Whatcott Respondent and Attorney General for Saskatchewan, [...] [3] Four complaints were filed with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (“Commission”) concerning four flyers published and distributed by the respondent, William Whatcott.
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Mitchell v. M.N.R. - 2001 SCC 33 - [2001] 1 SCR 911 - 2001-05-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Evidence
Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4th ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1770. [...] Ritchie, William A. The Archaeology of New York State, rev. ed., Harrison, N.Y.: Harbor Hill Books, 1980. [...] Peter W. Hutchins, Anjali Choksi, Micha J. Menczer and Paul Williams, for the respondent.
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Starr v. Houlden - [1990] 1 SCR 1366 - 1990-04-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Williams J. put the matter quite succinctly in Cock v. Attorney‑General (1909), 28 N.Z.L.R. 405, at p. 420: [...] Williams J. held that the commission should be prohibited from continuing, and at p. 425 stated: [...] In my view, the words of Williams J. are apposite in the present appeal, and provide eloquent support for the conclusion that the inquiry before this Court is ultra vires the province because it is in pith and substance a substitute investigation and preliminary inquiry of named individuals for a specific criminal offence.
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R. v. Corbett - [1988] 1 SCR 670 - 1988-05-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Evidence
Holdsworth, Sir William. A History of English Law, vol. I, 7th ed. [...] William Henkel, Q.C., for the intervener the Attorney General for Alberta. [...] 42. We should maintain our strong faith in juries which have, in the words of Sir William Holdsworth, "for some hundreds of years been constantly bringing the rules of law to the touchstone of contemporary common sense" (Holdsworth, A History of English Law (7th ed. 1956), vol.
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Central Trust Co. v. Rafuse - [1986] 2 SCR 147 - 1986-10-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Professional law
Torts
Prosser, William Lloyd. "The Borderland of Tort and Contract." In Selected Topics on the Law of Torts. [...] Prosser, William Lloyd. Handbook of the Law of Torts, 4th ed. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1971. [...] Prosser, William Lloyd, John W. Wade and Victor E. Schwartz. Cases and Materials on Torts, 6th ed.