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2,251.
Lewin v. Wilson - (1884) 9 SCR 637 - 1884-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
A nd the said Georgiana Wilson by deed conveyed by way of mortgage all her interest in the said land to secure the sum of seven hundred pounds to one William A. Lawton, and afterwards released all her interest in the equity of redemption in the said lot of land to the said William A. Lawton, all whose interest subsequently [...] That point was decided by Lord Chancellor Cranworth, assisted by two common law judges, Williams and Crowder, JJ., after a most careful examination of the statute, in Roddam v. Morley[12]. [...] English Act 7th William IV., and 1st Vic., ch. 28, which is identical with ch. 84 of the Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick, sec. 30, as are to be applied to 3rd and 4th William IV., ch. 27, sec. 40, which is identical with sec. 29 of the above ch. 84 of the New Brunswick Statutes, the Act 7th William IV., and 1st
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2,252.
Compagnie du Villas du Cap Gibraltar v. Hughes - (1884) 11 SCR 537 - 1884-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
The object of the society in that case, registered in 1852 under the 6 and 7 William IV. cap. 32 for the registration of Benefit Building Societies, as a benefit [...] Cependant malgré les termes restrictifs de l'acte 6 et 7, William 4 on trouve la cause de La Reine v. d'Eyncourt et al. [...] moyen de souscriptions périodiques, en vertu de I'acte 6 and 7 William 4 ch. 32, dont les dispositions sont en grands partie reproduites dans le ch. 69, Stat.
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2,253.
Jones v. Tuck - (1884) 11 SCR 197 - 1884-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsArbitration
William H. Tuck (Defendant) Respondent 1884: Feb'y. 28; 1884: June 23.
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2,254.
Munn v. Berger - (1884) 10 SCR 512 - 1884-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
Sale
William Punton Munn et al Appellants And Lewis Berger & Sons (Limited) [...] The action was brought by William Punton Munn and Robert Stewart Munn, doing business in Newfoundland under the name and style of John Munn & Co. The declaration sets forth the transaction as being carried out by Lord & Munn, as agents of John Munn & Co., with the defendants acting by their agent William
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2,255.
O'Donohoe v. Stammers - (1884) 11 SCR 358 - 1884-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
On the same day A.H. Meyers writes to O’Donohoe & Haverson enquiring if O’Donohoe & Haverson have the probate of will of the late William Hawkins, and on the same day O’Donohoe & Haverson reply in the negative.
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2,256.
Slater v. Badenach - (1884) 10 SCR 296 - 1884-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
William Badenach (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1884: March 19; 1884: June 23. [...] The learned counsel referred also to the following cases: Nicholson v. Leavett[4]; In re Swoyer’s Appeal[5]; Porter v. William[6]; Mussey v. Noyes[7]; Sutton v. Hanford[8]; Pierce v. Brewster[9]; Barney v. Griffin[10]; Hutchinson v. Lord[11].
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2,257.
Spears v. Walker - (1884) 11 SCR 113 - 1884-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Joshua Spears and William C. Spears (Plaintiffs) Appellants And James Walker (Defendant) [...] The contract was entered into on the 24th of September, 1877, for the erection of a building on a lot of land owned by the respondent in the city of St. John, New Brunswick, bounded on the west by Prince William street.
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2,258.
The Canada Southern Ry. Co. v. Phelps - (1884) 14 SCR 132 - 1884-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Citing inter alia Daniel v. Metropolitan R. R. Co.[6]; Williams v. G. W. Ry. Co.[7]; Hill v. O. S. & H. Ry. Co.[8]. [...] sec. 86; it is worthy of remark, however, that the observations of Lord Denman in support of this proposition, criticising the opinion to the contrary of Sir William Blackstone as expressed in his commentaries, and the observations of Lord Lyndhurst in Lord Canterbury's case[32], were unnecessary to the decision in [...] Neither that case, therefore, nor that of Vaughan v. Menlove,[34] therein referred to, can, I think, as I have endeavoured to point out in Jeffrey v. The Toronto, Grey & Bruce Ry. Co.[35], be said to establish such a proposition; against it must be taken the opinion of Sir William Blackstone and the
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2,259.
Grasett v. Carter - (1884) 10 SCR 105 - 1884-06-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
The plaintiff and the defendant owned adjoining properties abutting on the west side of Simcoe street, in the city of Toronto, and running through to the east side of William street. [...] Simcoe street was formerly called William street, and the street now called William street was formerly called Dummer street. [...] The land in dispute is part of park lot number 12, in the city of Toronto, which was originally granted by the Crown to the Hon., William Dummer Powell, who, in 1831, caused a plan to be prepared by Mr. Chewett, a surveyor, showing a sub-division of a portion of this park lot into streets and building lots.
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2,260.
Berthier Election Case - (1884) 9 SCR 102 - 1884-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
And Williams, J., who differed from the rest of the court, did so expressly upon the ground that the letter which had been written to the voter by the agents of the candidate was to be construed, not as an absolute but as a conditional promise to pay the expenses—an opinion which was also that of the House of Lords. [...] Sir William Ritchie, le président de cette cour, a énoncé ce principe de la manière suivante dans Ia cause de Cimon et Perrault ([29]).
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2,261.
The Megantic Election Case - (1884) 9 SCR 279 - 1884-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
M. William S, Lamblyt régistrateur du comté de Mégantic et secrétaire de la municipalité d'Inverness, et qui avait agi com me officier-rapporteur à la dite election, a comparu en ces dites quali-tiés.
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2,262.
Page v. Austin - (1884) 10 SCR 132 - 1884-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Present: Sir William J. Ritchie, C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry, Taschereau and Gwynne, JJ. [...] Of this amount $70,000 was subscribed before the issuing of the patent, viz.: $35,000 by William Wallace Perkins and Francis B. Fisher, the owners of the patent for the invention which the company was formed to work, and $35,000, by seven subscribers of $5,000 each. [...] For value received, I, William J. Attwell, of Montreal, do hereby assign and transfer to James Austin, of Toronto, twenty-eight shares in capital stock of the Ontario Wood Pavement Co., of Toronto, standing in my name in the books of the company.
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2,263.
Venning v. Steadman - (1884) 9 SCR 206 - 1884-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsFishery
William H. Venning Appellant And James Steadman Respondent William H. Venning [...] William H. Venning Appellant And James Dewolfe Spurr Respondent
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2,264.
Wood v. Esson - (1884) 9 SCR 239 - 1884-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
William Esson et al Respondents 1883: Oct. 31; 1884: Mar. 8 Present.—Sir W.J. Ritchie, C.J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Gwynne, JJ. [...] [5] Williams vs. Wilcox, 8 A. & E., 314. [6] P. 23. [7] 6 Can. S. C. R. 707.
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2,265.
Hawkins v. Smith (Bothwell Election Case) - (1884) 8 SCR 676 - 1884-02-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
William Thomas Smith et al Respondents 1884: Feb'y. 12, 13, 14; 1884: Feb'y. 25.
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2,266.
McIntyre v. Hood - (1883) 9 SCR 556 - 1884-01-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
William Nelson Hood (Plaintiffs) Respondent. 1883: March 22; 1884: January 16.
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2,267.
Merchants Marine Ins. Co. v. Rumsey - (1884) 9 SCR 577 - 1884-01-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
En juillet 1878, Stephen Tupper, William Mouser et A. W. Moren affrétèrent la goëlette "Mabel Claire," pour un voyage de trafic au Labrador, dans lequel ils étaient tous intéressés. [...] Il suffit de référer à la savante dissertation de Sir William Ritchie, C. J., sur le sujet et aux nombreuses autorités qu'il a citées pour appuyer son opinion. [...] Stephen C. Tupper and William Mouzar chartered the schooner "Mabel Claire" for a trading voyage from Nova Scotia to Labrador and back, and, not having sufficient means themselves to load the vessel with merchandize for the voyage, made an arrangement with the plaintiffs to supply them with a cargo.
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2,268.
Merchants' Bank of Canada v. Smith - (1884) 8 SCR 512 - 1884-01-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
Further, I cannot agree that William Snarr is to be considered as having been a warehouseman for the firm, the warehouse and wharf were really the leasehold of the firm and the nominal title only was in William Snarr.
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2,269.
Treacey v. Liggett - (1883) 9 SCR 441 - 1884-01-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
William J. Shaw, auctioneer, stated that on that day, 12th November, 1881, sub-divison No. 40, No. 1206 St. Ann's ward, he considered worth about $6,000. [...] William J. Shaw's evidence is not material, since he merely speaks of the value at the date of his examination, which was the 12th November, 1881.
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2,270.
Attrill v. Platt - (1884) 10 SCR 425 - 1884-01-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
a plan or survey of the southerly part of lot 2, block A, in the said town-ship of Colborne, made by Charles L. Davis, Esquire, provincial land surveyor, for William Warren Street and others, as an addition to the said town of Goderich, and as shown on the map or plan hereunto annexed, and which said parcels or tracts of [...] True it is that this indenture does not define any precise limits for the site of the dam thereby authorized to be constructed, but its approximate site as contemplated by the parties to that indenture can be ascertained from the evidence of William Robinson, who superintended the work done by the plaintiff from October,
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2,271.
Grange v. McLennan - (1883) 9 SCR 385 - 1883-06-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
PRESENT—Sir William J. Ritchie, Knt.; C.J., and Strong, Fournier, henry, Taschereau and Gwynne, JJ.
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2,272.
Smith v. Goldie - (1883) 9 SCR 46 - 1883-06-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
Haywood v. Great Northern R’y.[24]; Brook v. Astor[25]; Harrison v. Anderston Foundry Co.[26]; Yales v. G.W. R’y. Co.[27]; Cannington v. Nuttall[28]; Curtis v. Platt[29]; Mowry v. Whitney[30]; Rubber Co. v. Goodyear[31]; Jackson v. Lawton[32]; Plympton v. Malcolmson[33] Walton v. Bateman[34]; Stead v. Williams[35]; Beard v.
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2,273.
The Queen v. Smith - (1883) 10 SCR 1 - 1883-06-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Doe v. Rowe[18]; 1 William's Saunders[19] and cases there cited. That is the character of the contract. [...] transferred to George Shannon, Daniel M. Monty, John C. Monty and William B. Cooper, some part or interest in the said contract, and that by the indenture bearing date the 15th of May, 1879, the said Flood, Shannon, Daniel M. Monty, John C. Monty and William B. Cooper assigned and transferred to the suppliant Josiah D. [...] [17] 1 William's, Saunders ed. 1871, p. 445, and oases there cited; Addison on Contracts, 4th ed., 383.
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Carvill v. Schofield - (1883) 9 SCR 370 - 1883-06-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
Present.—Sir William J. Ritchie, Knight, C. J., and Strong, Fournier, Henry and Taschereau, JJ.
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2,275.
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.