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2,176.
O'Connor v. The Merchants Marine Ins. Co. - (1889) 16 SCR 331 - 1889-03-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
Solicitor for respondents: William P. MacCoy. [1] 20 N. S. Rep. 514.
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2,177.
Whitman v. The Union Bank of Halifax - (1889) 16 SCR 410 - 1889-03-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsTrust
the creditors becoming parties to that deed was not placed to any extent upon the release which the deed contained, nor was any objection, founded on the release, made in Janes v. Whitbread[31] or Coates v. Williams[32] where the deeds were upheld against objections for which the decision in Owen v. Body (1) was relied on. [...] In Coates v. Williams (3) the deed is said to be "in the usual form," to be precisely in the same terms as that in Janes v. Whitbread, (2) and to be "a stereotype, and to be had at any law stationer's in London."
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2,178.
Winchester v. Busby - (1889) 16 SCR 336 - 1889-03-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
William L. Busby (Plaintiff) Respondent 1888: Nov. 17; 1889: Mar. 18.
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2,179.
Bickford v. Chatham (Township) - (1889) 16 SCR 235 - 1889-01-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
I think the construction of the clause of the agreement in relation to the Colborne and William streets station which is as follows[22]:— [...] The defendants claim it is to be on lands of, or to be purchased by, the plaintiff at or near the corner of Colborne and William streets. [...] The agreement as to the station being at or near the corner of Colborne and William street is not mentioned
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2,180.
Brisebois v. The Queen - (1888) 15 SCR 421 - 1888-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
In the first place the learned judges who there held there had been no mistrial, did so on the ground that William Thorniley, who by mistake appeared and was sworn in answer to the name of Joseph Henry Thorne, [...] I will only observe that if the facts stated for our consideration had been assigned as error in the ordinary course the question might have assumed a very different aspect if the crown had pleaded in answer to them (as perhaps it might, ) that the juryman, William Thorniley, was personally well known to the prisoner, and [...] prejudiced because he may have desired to challenge the name of William Thorniley but not that of Joseph Henry Thorne and may' have known neither of them personally, and so in the case of a jury man the prisoner might have had cause of challenge against Robert Currie and thus the prisoner might have had his right of
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2,181.
Joliette Election Case - (1888) 15 SCR 458 - 1888-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
Je concours complètement dans les raisons données par Sir William Ritchie, justifiant le refus du juge de faire une enquête devenue tout à fait inutile.
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2,182.
McArthur v. Brown - (1888) 17 SCR 61 - 1888-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
équerre à l'autre, en front du claim ou placer de William P. Lockwood, le tout enclavé dans la terre du Bailleur, étant le numéro onze de la concession Saint Charles, paroisse Saint Francois; borne la dite partie de rivière, comme suit, savoir: par le nord-est, au dit William P. Lockwood; par le sud-est. au preneur; par le [...] Par le nord-Ouest au terrain de "William P. Iockwood par le sud-est à la terre de George Veilleux, par le sud-ouest au terrain de la compagne St. Onge et par le nord est au terrain ci-après désigné et loué. [...] par le nord-ouest partie au terrain du dit William P. Lockwood et partie à celui de George Terrain; par le nord-est au Bailleur, par le sud-est à George Veilleux, et par le sud-ouest au terrain sous loué."
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2,183.
Preeper v. The Queen - (1888) 15 SCR 401 - 1888-12-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
The defendants, William Preeper and Jane Doyle, were jointly indicted for the murder of one Peter Doyle, and two questions were reserved under c. 174, s. 259 R. S. C. for the consideration of the justices for crown cases reserved in the Province of Nova Scotia. [...] The jury who tried the above cause attended the said service, and the Reverend William Brown was the officiating clergyman and preached a sermon on the said occasion.
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2,184.
Grinnell v. The Queen - (1888) 16 SCR 119 - 1888-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsCustoms and excise
Cross-examined by William D. Hogg, Esq., barrister, on behalf of the plaintiff, to whose questions deponent answers as follows:—
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2,185.
Haldimand Election Case (Walsh v. Montague) - (1888) 15 SCR 495 - 1888-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
William Parker, the scrutineer of the opposing candidate insisted that this voter should be sworn and this is the account be gives of what took place:— [...] William Parker, sworn—Examined by Mr. Aylesworth—Q. Where were you engaged on polling day? [...] La preuve de cette accusation faite par Thomas Nixon le voteur lui-même et par William Parker, l'agent de l'autre candidat, W. Colter, est si complète, qu'elle ne laisse aucun doute sur l'existence du fait imputé.
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2,186.
Merchants' Bank of Canada v. McKay - (1888) 15 SCR 672 - 1888-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
William McKay and Others (Defendants) Respondents. 1888: March 22, 23; 1888: December 14. [...] “Provided, this mortgage to be void on payment of twenty-six thousand five hundred and thirteen 04/100 dollars of lawful money of Canada, as follows: in two years from the date hereof, and all bills of exchange, promissory notes and other paper upon which the said firm of William Kyle & Co. were liable to the said
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2,187.
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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2,188.
Forsyth v. Bury - (1888) 15 SCR 543 - 1888-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
On the 11th September 1874 the late Dame Charlotte Langan, widow of Henry G. Forsyth by William Langan Forsyth, acting as the attorney of his mother, under deed passed before Andrews, notary, became party to a deed by which she declared that she sold to the Anticosti Company, represented by William Langan Forsyth one-sixth [...] La dite Dame Langan, agissait à l'acte de vente du 4 janvier 1876 par le ministère de son procureur, William Langan Forsyth.
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2,189.
Partlo v. Todd - (1888) 17 SCR 196 - 1888-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
William Partlo (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Thomas Todd and Martin N. Todd (Defendants) Respondents.
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2,190.
The Queen v. Chesley - (1888) 16 SCR 306 - 1888-03-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsGuarantee and suretyship
Re North of England Joint Stock Banking Co.[16]; Stewart v. Boak[17]; Seton v. Lafone[18]; Easton v. London Joint Stock Bank[19]; Williams v. Colonial Bank[20]. [...] Williams J. and Willes J. took a different view, but, as [Page 325] [...] They thought it would be inconvenient to carry the principle of Young v. Grote[39] beyond negotiable instruments, Williams J. using this illustration:
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2,191.
Lynch v. Seymour - (1888) 15 SCR 341 - 1888-03-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Solicitors for respondent: Clute & Williams. [1] 12 Ont. App. R. 525.
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2,192.
Molson v. Lambe - (1888) 15 SCR 253 - 1888-03-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
WILLIAM B. LAMBE, ès-qualité (INTERVENANT) Respondent. 1887: Nov 2; 1887: Nov 3; 1888: March 15 [...] "William Busby Lambe de la cite de Montréal dans le district de Montreal Inspecteur des Licences pour le District du Revenu de Montréal au nom de Notre Souveraine Dame La Reine poursuit Andrew Ryan de la cite de Montréal dans le dit district de Montréal commerçant. [...] And Williams J. says '. I am of the same opinion. The ground of this application is neither more or less than that the judge of the county court, in deciding what it was competent for him to decide, has made a mistake in point of law and that clearly is not a case in which prohibition lies.
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2,193.
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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McKercher v. Sanderson - (1887) 15 SCR 296 - 1887-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
William McKercher (Defendant) Appellant; and William Sanderson (Plaintiff) Respondent.
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2,195.
Bender v. Carrier - (1887) 15 SCR 19 - 1887-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Que le trente et un août dernier, les demandeurs on fait émaner en cette cause un bref de saisie arrêt simple avant jugement, contre le défendeur pour la somme de deux mille cent quatre vingt dix neuf piastres et trente sept cens, sur l'affidavit de Charles William Carrier l'un des demandeurs et produit an dossier;
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2,196.
Boyce v. The Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co. - (1887) 14 SCR 723 - 1887-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
The Company respondent, on the 27th September 1876 issued a policy on the life of William A Charlebois, of Montreal, for the sum of $3,000, payable to his executors, administrators or assigns ninety days after proof of his death. [...] If the said William A. Charlebois shall at any time during the continuance of this policy, without the consent of the said company previously obtained in writing, visit any part of the Western Hemisphere lying between the tropics, or of the Eastern Hemisphere between the 36th parallel north and the Tropic of Capricorn, or
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2,197.
Brady v. Stewart - (1887) 15 SCR 82 - 1887-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsThe material facts of the case are as follows Hugh Brady, the appellant, purchased from George Dalrymple, Samuel McFee, Alexander Coultry and William Haddlesley all members of the St. Gabriel Mutual Building Society, their hooks or shares in the latter. [...] As William Haddlesley says:— I am one of the former shareholders of the St. Gabriel Mutual Building Society.
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2,198.
McLean v. Wilkins - (1887) 14 SCR 22 - 1887-06-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
Moss Q.C. for the respondents referred to Williams on Executors[9]. The judgment of the court was delivered by:— [...] by the conveyance by Mrs. Mackay to Hime of other property valued at that amount, and accordingly on the 6th day of May, 1879, Quinn, by the direction of Hime, conveyed the property to one William Hope, who, it is admitted, was a trustee for the purchaser, Mrs. Mackay; and Hope afterwards, on the 8th of January, 1880,
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St. Catharines Milling and Lumber Co. v. R. - (1887) 13 SCR 577 - 1887-06-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
William Penn was not the first to acquire Indian lands by purchase. He came to America in 1682 and made his treaty in 1683. [...] After relating the various circumstances connected with the celebrated treaty made between William Penn and the Indians in 1682, the author goes on to say:— [...] And see Hepworth Dixon’s life of William Penn[9]; Memoirs of the Hist.
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The Magog Textile & Print Co. v. Price - (1887) 14 SCR 664 - 1887-06-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsSecurities
In September, 1882, the respondent at the solicitation of one William Hobbs, signed a subscription list, headed as follows:— [...] FOURNIER. J.—En septembre 1881 li intimé sigma à la réquisition de William Hobbs, une liste de souscription ainsi conçue:-—