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Walker v. The King - [1939] SCR 214 - 1939-02-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
Generally speaking, such statements are admissible unless they fall within the scope of some specific enactment or rule excluding them (Reg. v. Scott, Dearsley & Bell’s Crown Cases 47; Reg. v. Coote, L.R. 4 P.C. 599, at 607). [...] Generally speaking, such statements are admissible unless they fall within the scope of some specific enactment or rule excluding them (Reg. v. Scott[5]; Reg. v. Coote[6]).
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752.
Canadian National Steamships Co. Ltd. v. Watson - [1939] SCR 11 - 1938-12-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
If the Chief Officer, Lieutenant Scott, had ordered life lines erected earlier the accident might have been avoided.” The trial judge, on the finding of the jury, ordered judgment to be entered for the respondent, and this judgment was affirmed on appeal. [...] If the Chief Officer, Lieutenant Scott, had ordered life lines erected earlier the accident might have been avoided. [...] If the Chief Officer, Lieutenant Scott, had ordered life lines erected earlier the accident might have been avoided.
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753.
Spencer v. Field - [1939] SCR 36 - 1938-12-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
That being so, the respondents are not entitled upon an appeal to recast their case and put it upon a basis which had not been suggested at the trial.— Scott v. Fernie (11 B.C.R. 91) approved.—Comments on section 60 of B.C. Supreme Court Act, R.S.B.C., 1936, c. 56.— Sisters of St. Joseph v. Fleming ([1938] S.C.R. 172) ref. [...] The case of Scott v. Fernie [4] laid down that rule and held that nothing in then sec. 66 of The (British Columbia) Supreme Court Act afforded an escape.
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Vanity Fair Silk Mills v. Commissioner of Patents - [1939] SCR 245 - 1938-12-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
W. L. Scott K.C. for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered by
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755.
Reference Re Authority to Perform Functions Vested by Adoption Act, The Children of Unmarried Parents Act, The Deserted Wives' and Children's Maintenance Act of Ontario - [1938] SCR 398 - 1938-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
W. L. Scott K.C. for the Canadian Welfare Council. The reasons for the answers aforesaid were delivered by [...] The distinction is well brought out in a passage in a judgment of Lord Atkin in Hyman v. Hyman[39], cited in Mr. Scott's factum: [...] Solicitors for The Canadian Welfare Council: Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard.
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Halifax School for the Blind v. Chipman / In re estate of Thomas E. Kelly, deceased - [1937] SCR 196 - 1937-03-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
The unanimous considered judgment of the Court of Appeal (Slesser and Scott, L.JJ., and Far-well J.) was read by Mr. Justice Farwell.
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Massie & Renwick Ltd. v. Underwriters' Survey Bureau Ltd. - [1937] SCR 265 - 1937-03-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
W. B. Scott K.C. for the intervenants. Duff C.J.—In addition to the judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Hudson on behalf of the Court, it is, perhaps, advisable that I should add a word on the question of jurisdiction. [...] Solicitors for the intervenants: MacDougall, Macfarlane, Scott & Hugessen.
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McMillan v. Brownlee - [1937] SCR 318 - 1937-03-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Two judgments were delivered, one by Scott J., another by Beck J., in which Stuart J. concurred. [...] In this way, I come in effect to the same conclusion as my brother Scott. [...] Stuart J. concurred with me and Scott C.J. (the Court being composed of three members) was evidently of the same opinion.
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New York Life Ins. Co. v. Handler - [1937] SCR 127 - 1937-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
W. B. Scott K.C. and J. F. Chisholm for the appellant. Brooke Claxton and N. L. Rappaport for the respondent. [...] Solicitors for the appellant: MacDougall, Macfarlane, Scott & Hugessen.
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United Motors Services, Inc. v. Hutson et al - [1937] SCR 294 - 1937-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
from want of care” (Scott v. London & St. Katherine Docks Co., 3 H. & C. 596); defendant did not show that at the time of the explosion the gas jets were not lighted, and it failed to suggest any explanation or warrantable inference as to the cause of the fire, and plaintiffs were entitled to rely on said maxim. [...] Most frequently it is applied where the principle stated in Scott v. London and St. Katherine Docks Co.[2] comes into play. [...] doctrine res ipsa loquitur serves to make these circumstances “reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.” Scott v. London & St. Katherine Docks Co.[13].
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Southern Canada Power Co. Ltd. v. The King - [1936] SCR 4 - 1936-01-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
The Greenock case5 was subsequently referred to in the Privy Council in a Quebec case, Montreal City v. Watt and Scott Limited[7], in the judgment delivered by Lord Dunedin.
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Hessler v. Can. Pac. Ry. Co. - [1935] SCR 585 - 1935-11-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
These American cases, while not differing in principle, are closer to the facts of this case than the English decisions in Gorris v. Scott[4], and Atkinson v. Newcastle & Gateshead Waterworks Co.[5]. [...] In Gorris v. Scott[15] the statutory provision relied on was the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, under which the Privy Council made orders, which they were authorized to do, in reference to animals brought into Great Britain on board vessels. [...] He relied mainly on the principle affirmed in the English cases of Gorris v. Scott[19], Le Lièvre v. Gould[20] and Atkinson v. Newcastle & Gateshead Waterworks Co.[21], and the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1929 in Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Mihas[22], where that court quoted with approval
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Peggy Sage Inc. v. Siegel Kahn Co. of Canada - [1935] SCR 539 - 1935-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
W. L. Scott K.C. for the appellants. O. M. Biggar K.C. and R. S. Smart K.C. for the respondent. [...] Solicitors for the appellants: Ewart, Scott, Kelley, Scott & Howard.
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Scott v. Heninger - [1935] SCR 408 - 1935-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
Scott v. Heninger, , [1935] SCR 408 Supreme Court of Canada Scott v. Heninger, [1935] S.C.R. 408
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Mason v. Scott - [1935] SCR 656 - 1935-04-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Mason v. Scott, , [1935] SCR 656 Supreme Court of Canada Mason v. Scott, [1935] S.C.R. 656 [...] Mason v. Scott and Anderson 1935: February 19, 20; 1935: April 15.
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Begley v. Imperial Bank of Canada - [1935] SCR 89 - 1934-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
In Scott v. Bank of New Brunswick[20] this court held: If payment is obtained from a debtor by one who falsely represents that he is an agent of the creditor, upon whom a fraud is thereby committed, if the creditor ratifies and confirms the payment he adopts the agency of the person receiving the money and makes the payment [...] Chief Justice Strong, in the same case of Scott v. The Bank of New Brunswick[22], said that the distinction between ratification and estoppel is well pointed out in a case of Forsyth v. Day[23], where it is said:
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767.
M.A. Hanna Company v. The Provincial Bank of Canada - [1935] SCR 144 - 1934-12-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsFinancial institutions
Appellant’s witness E. G. Thompson swears that either Mr. Baile, President of the Susquehanna Collieries Ltd., or Mr. Scott, the attorney of the appellant, said to Mr. [...] On Nov. 11th, W. C. Scott of Cleveland, Ohio, office attorney of the appellant, and John D. Baile of Susquehanna Collieries, Montreal, agent of the appellant, went to Saint John in behalf of the appellant. [...] Scott and Baile do not appear from the evidence to have examined the banking arrangements of Eastern Coal Docks, Limited, any more than did Mr. Wright, and no person connected with the appellant interviewed or wrote
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Rural Municipality of Scott v. Edwards - [1934] SCR 332 - 1934-05-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsPublic utilities
Rural Municipality of Scott v. Edwards, , [1934] SCR 332 Supreme Court of Canada [...] Rural Municipality of Scott v. Edwards, [1934] S.C.R. 332 Date: 1934-05-08. [...] Rural Municipality of Scott v. Edwards 1934: May 3, 4; 1934: May 8.
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769.
Electrolier Manufacturing Co. Ltd. v. Dominion Manufacturing Ltd. - [1934] SCR 436 - 1934-04-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
W. L. Scott K.C. for the respondent. The judgment of the court was delivered by
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770.
Lewis v. Nisbet & Auld Ltd. - [1934] SCR 333 - 1934-04-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
We were referred to British Columbia Mills Co. v. Scott[20], Wood v. Can. Pac. Ry. Co.[21], and other cases in this court and in Ontario in support of the proposition which it was contended was laid down in Walsh v. Whiteley[22], but all these cases will be found, in so far as they concern the question of injuries caused by
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Colpron v. The Canadian National Ry. Co. - [1934] SCR 189 - 1934-01-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Quebec R.L.H. & P. Co. v. Vandry ([1920] A.C. 662) and City of Montreal v. Watt & Scott Ltd. ([1922] 2 A.C. 555) foll. [...] In the City of Montreal v. Watt and Scott, Ltd.2, the Judicial Committee, speaking through Lord Dunedin, placed upon this clause an authoritative interpretation. [...] Le Conseil Privé dans Cité de Montréal v. Watt Scott Ltd.[4], a complété cette décision en ajoutant qu’il suffisait de prouver que la défenderesse n’avait pu empêcher le dommage “par des moyens raisonnables”.
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Moreau v. Labelle - [1933] SCR 201 - 1933-02-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
City of Montreal v. Watt & Scott Ltd.[6]. I doubt myself if exposition could make the meaning of the language used in either text plainer than it is.
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Rogers v. Davis, et al. - [1932] SCR 546 - 1932-05-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
Cuthbert Scott for the appellant. Stanley M. Clark and E.H. Charleson for the respondents.
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O'Connor v. Waldron - [1932] SCR 183 - 1931-12-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
on the principle laid down in Scott v. Scott[6]. Luxmoore J. and the majority of the judges in the Court of Appeal (Lawrence and Romer, LJJ.) held that it was unnecessary to determine this question, but Lawrence, L.J., states that, in his opinion, there is a good deal to be said for the contention of the Attorney General [...] Lord Hanworth in his dissenting judgment says that if the hearing was a judicial proceeding he would follow the principle laid down in Scott v. Scott6.
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Bell Telephone Co. of Canada v. The Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Ry. Co. And The City of Hamilton - [1932] SCR 54 - 1931-10-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
W. L. Scott K.C., and A. J. Fraser, contra. [Page 55] Rinfret, J.—The appellant moves for an order striking out paragraph no. 11 of the factum filed on behalf of the respondent, the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company, and paragraph no. 12 of the factum filed on behalf of the respondent, the city of Hamilton, in