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1,801.
Thompson et al. v. Lamport et al. - [1945] SCR 343 - 1945-02-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
Stirling J., in In re Llewellin, Llewellin v. Williams[12], uses this language:
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1,802.
Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co. v. Bridge River Power Co. Ltd. - [1944] SCR 196 - 1944-04-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Transportation
See: Watson v. North British Ry. Co [7]; William Barr & Sons v. Caledonian Ry. Co. [8].
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1,803.
McMillan v. Brownlee - [1937] SCR 318 - 1937-03-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Not only was the question not raised in that case, but the case was prior to the legislation enacted in Upper Canada in 1837, being 7 William IV, chap. 8, "An Act to make the remedy in cases of seduction more effectual, and to render the fathers of illegitimate children liable for their support," which statute without
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1,804.
Canadian Terminal System, Ltd. v. The City of Kingston - [1936] SCR 106 - 1935-11-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
R.S. Robertson K.C. and Sir William Hearst K.C. for the appellant. D.L. McCarthy K.C. and T.J. Rigney K.C. for the respondent.
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1,805.
The King v. Attorney-General of Ontario and Forrest - [1934] SCR 133 - 1933-12-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
The Attorney-General of Ontario And William L. Forrest (Defendants) Respondents.
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1,806.
Arrow River & Tributaries Slide & Boom Co. Ltd. v. Pigeon Timber Co. Ltd. - [1932] SCR 495 - 1932-03-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsPublic utilities
Sir William Hearst K.C. and W.I. Hearst for the appellant. H.F. Parkinson K.C. for the respondent.
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1,807.
Wright & Carson v. Brake Service Ltd. - [1926] SCR 434 - 1926-05-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
William A. Wright, Chalon E Corson, Canadian Raybestos Company, Limited (Plaintiffs) Appellants;
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1,808.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co. v. Earl - [1923] SCR 397 - 1923-04-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Vaughan-Williams L.J., in his judgment in the Court of Appeal said, at p. 419:
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1,809.
Dominion Chain Co. v. McKinnon Chain Co. - (1919) 58 SCR 121 - 1919-02-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
In Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. v. Mosely[6], at page 280, Vaughan Williams L.J. approves of this statement of the law, adding:—
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1,810.
Grand Trunk Rway Co. v. Mayne - (1917) 56 SCR 95 - 1917-11-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
DAVIES J. (dissenting).—On the night of November 13, 1915, the deceased, William Mayne, respondent’s husband, a passenger travelling on a train of the appellants with his wife and seven children, one of which was a baby in arms, came to his death by stepping off the car while it was still in motion and before it had reached
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Toronto General Trusts Corp. v. The King - (1917) 56 SCR 26 - 1917-10-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
The decision In the estate of Sir William Clark[29], is instructive and closely in point.
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1,812.
Wood v. Grand Valley Rway. Co. - (1915) 51 SCR 283 - 1915-03-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
See last paragraph of judgment of Vaughan-Williams L.J., pages 792-3.
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1,813.
Gervais v. McCarthy - (1904) 35 SCR 14 - 1904-05-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
Williams v. Wilcox ([5]); Bain v. Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway Co. ([6]); Macdougall v. Knight ([7]); Guerin v. Fox ([8]); Low v. Gemley ([9]); Fuzier-Herman Art. 1341, no. 53; Duranton, t. 13, no. 308; Carrée & Chauveau, Procédure Civille, n. 976; Bonnier, édition Larnaude, no. 177; Bioche, Dictionnaire de
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1,814.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. v. The Western Union Telegraph Co. - (1889) 17 SCR 151 - 1889-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Watkin Williams J.—I. am of the same opinion. This company, although not resident in England, nevertheless carry on trade here.
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Downie v. The Queen - (1888) 15 SCR 358 - 1888-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
The second count upon which the trial proceeded charged the defendant with having falsely and corruptly sworn to certain statements in answering interrogatories on faits et articles in a case before the Superior Court wherein the appellant was plaintiff and one Frederick William Francis was defendant.
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1,816.
Byers v. McMillan - (1887) 15 SCR 194 - 1887-12-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Harris v. Rickett ([2]); Lindley v. Lacey ([3]); Morgan v. Griffith ([4]); Erskine v. Adeane ([5]); Malpas v. London & S. W. Ry. Co. ([6]); Porteous v. Muir ([7]); McNeely v. Mc Williams ([8]); Lancey v. Brake ([9]); Fitzgerald v. G. T. Ry. Co. (9); Adamson v. Yeager (10); Lingley v. Smith (11).
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1,817.
Canada Central Railway Co. v. Murray - (1883) 8 SCR 313 - 1883-05-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Thomas Murray and William Murray (Defendants) Respondents. 1882: November 30; 1882: December 1; 1883: May 1.
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1,818.
Gore District Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Samo - (1878) 2 SCR 411 - 1878-06-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
Present: Sir William Buell Richards, Knt., C.J., and Ritchie, Strong, Taschereau, Fournier and Henry, J.J.
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R. v. Desautel - 2021 SCC 17 - [2021] 1 SCR 533 - 2021-04-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Paul Williams, for the intervener the Peskotomuhkati Nation. Bruce McIvor, for the intervener the Indigenous Bar Association in Canada. [...] Solicitor for the intervener the Peskotomuhkati Nation: Paul Williams, Ohsweken, Ont.
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1,820.
United States v. Burns - 2001 SCC 7 - [2001] 1 SCR 283 - 2001-02-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Schabas, William A. The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law, 2nd ed. [...] Sir William Buell Richards, the first Chief Justice of Canada, when sitting on the Court of Common Pleas of Upper Canada two years prior to Confederation, dealt with this issue in a review of a warrant of commitment for the extradition of a British subject to the United States:
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Pacific National Investments Ltd. v. Victoria (City) - 2000 SCC 64 - [2000] 2 SCR 919 - 2000-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
Property law
John (1872), 14 N.B.R. 143; Wall and Redekop Corp. v. City of Vancouver (1974), 16 N.R. 436, aff’d (1976), 16 N.R. 435; Dowty Boulton Paul Ltd. v. Wolverhampton Corp., [1971] 2 All E.R. 277; Shell Canada Products Ltd. v. Vancouver (City), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 231; William Cory & Son Ltd. v. London Corp., [1951] 2 K.B. 476. [...] The distinction between legislative powers, adjudicative powers, and business or proprietary powers, accepted elsewhere in our Court’s jurisprudence (e.g., Shell Canada Products Ltd. v. Vancouver (City), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 231, at p. 273; Nanaimo, supra, at paras. 28 and 31), is the sole distinction that should apply (William
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R. v. Creighton - [1993] 3 SCR 3 - 1993-09-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Binchy, William. "The Adult Activities Doctrine in Negligence Law" (1985), 11 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 733. [...] Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book IV. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1769.
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Horvath v. The Queen - [1979] 2 SCR 376 - 1979-02-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
[Ibrahim v. R., supra; Boudreau v. R., [1949] S.C.R. 262; R. v. Fitton, supra; R. v. Isequilla, supra; Naniseni v. R., [1971] N.Z.L.R. 269; R. v. Smith, [1959] 2 Q.B. 35; McDermott v. R., (1948), 76 C.L.R. 501; Martin Priestley (note), 51 Cr. App. R. 1; Sparks v. R., [1964] A.C. 964; R. v. Williams (1968), 52 Cr. App. R. [...] In R. v. Williams[24] the accused had made two written statements, the first on June 7 and the second, confirming the first, on July 18.
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Morin v. The Queen - (1890) 18 SCR 407 - 1890-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
I have already referred to the position taken by Williams J, The other six based their opinion on a different line of argument, the strong point of which was that the statute while it authorised the court to reverse confirm or amend the judgment. gave no power to order a new trial or a venire de novo. [...] ordered in 1861, by a court composed of five judges, all of whom had taken part in Mellor's case Pollock C.B. delivering the judgment of the court, and the other judges, including Channel B. and Williams J. concurring.
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R. v. Wust - 2000 SCC 18 - [2000] 1 SCR 455 - 2000-04-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Lance William Wust Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent