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Wood v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. - (1899) 30 SCR 110 - 1899-11-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
William David Wood (Plaintiff) Appellant; and The Canadian Pacific Rail Way Company (Defendant) Respondent. [...] Nesbitt Q.C. for the respondent, cited Johnson v. Lindsay & Co.[5] ; Williams v. Bartling[6] ; Williams v. Birmingham Battery & Metal Co.[7].
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Hobbs v. Ontario Loan and Debenture Co. - (1890) 18 SCR 483 - 1890-12-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
That seems to me to be the true proposition and the true principle of the law which is laid down Ex parte Williams10. [...] The dicta in this case of Ex parte Williams are broad enough to cover the law as laid down in the subsequent decisions. [...] This is what the clause expresses, although, of course, a question as to its validity upon the ground of the objection taken in ex parte Williams would be still open.
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R. v. Chartrand - [1994] 2 SCR 864 - 1994-07-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Williams, Glanville. "Intents in the Alternative" (1991), 50 Cambridge L.J. 120. [...] Williams, Glanville. Textbook of Criminal Law, 2nd ed. London: Stevens & Sons, 1983. [...] Williams expresses a similar view in his Textbook of Criminal Law (2nd ed. 1983), at p. 84:
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R. v. Stevens - [1988] 1 SCR 1153 - 1988-06-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Craies, William Feilden. Craies on Statute Law, 7th ed. By S. G. G. Edgar. [...] Williams, Glanville Llewelyn. Criminal Law: The General Part, 2nd ed. [...] This truth is recognized by Glanville Williams, in Criminal Law, 2nd ed.
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James Richardson & Sons, Ltd. v. Standard Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. - [1936] SCR 573 - 1936-05-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
71 William street, New York City. Gentlemen:— Re Barge “Read-head” [...] Was it, or was it not, at that time, in the same condition, or of the same grade, as when it was loaded at Fort William and its value fixed at $0.65 a bushel? [...] 71 William street, New York city. Gentlemen:— Re Barge “Readhead”
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Ewing v. Dominion Bank - (1904) 35 SCR 133 - 1904-06-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
William Ewing and J.H. Davidson (Defendants) Appellants; and The Dominion Bank (Plaintiffs) Respondents. [...] WILLIAM EWING & CO. To which Wallace answered as follows: [Page 158] [...] (Signed) WILLIAM EWING & Co. Wallace remained in the country for a week or two after the maturity of the note and then went to the
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Gale v. Thomas - [1927] SCR 314 - 1927-01-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
Robert Henry Gale, Terminal Grain Company Limited, John Russell Smith and William Farquhar Gurd (Defendants) Appellants; [...] Corporation (one of the concerns mentioned in Gale's letter to plaintiff aforesaid), Gale was met in England by another official of the Canadian British Corporation, who subsequently introduced him to Sir William Nicholls, of Spillers Milling and Associated Industries Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as the "Spillers"). [...] (whom I shall designate as the Spillers), of which Sir William Nicholls was managing director, one of a group of concerns to which Spillers & Baker, one of the firms mentioned in the letter of the 30th of August, belonged; Gale having been introduced to Sir William Nicholls by Mr. White, of the Canadian British
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In Re Ferguson - (1897) 28 SCR 38 - 1897-11-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
William Purdy, Carrie W. Eggleston, Jane H. Eggleston, Frank Purdy Eggleston, Emily Barnes, William Charles Ball, Emerson Coatsworth, and Emerson Coatsworth, Junior, Trustees of the Last Will and Testament of Edward Ferguson, Deceased (Defendants) Respondents. [...] Margaret Jane Carson, Mary Ann Bennett, Edward Galley, Emily Barnes, and William John Ball (Defendants) Respondents; [...] Wharton v. Barker[20]; In re Rees, Williams v. Davies[21]; Doe d. King v. Frost[22]; In re Taylor, Taylor v. Ley[23]; Pinder v. Pinder[24]; Clark v. Hayne[25].
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Ex Parte Smitheman - (1904) 35 SCR 189 - 1904-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsPrerogative writs
Ex Parte, William Smitheman 1904: June 22. ON APPLICATION, IN CHAMBERS, FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. [...] Application by motion before Davies J., in chambers, for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of imprisonment of William Smitheman in the Penitentiary at Dorchester in the Province of New Brunswick, on a conviction by His Honour William B. Wallace, judge of the County Court Judges' Criminal Court in and for the
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The King v. Hochelaga Shipping & Towing Co. Ltd. - [1940] SCR 153 - 1939-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
The learned judge found that the work, presenting, as Captain Williams says, the appearance of a new wharf, but with the sunken crib work projecting from it without a sign of its presence, constituted a trap. [...] The mate remarked that they had struck something and Williams sent him down to the chief engineer to see if there were any leaks or if anything was wrong below. [...] Williams jumped up immediately and saw that the boat was down by the bow.
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Richter & Partners Inc. v. Ernst & Young - [1997] 2 SCR 5 - 1997-05-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
George R. Albino, William H. Alexander, John D. Allan, William G. Benton, [...] Paul G. S. Cantor, William D. Douglas, Mark E. Edwards, Kenneth E. Field,
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R. v. Maroney - [1975] 2 SCR 306 - 1974-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William James Maroney (Defendant) Respondent. 1974: April 29; 1974: October 1. [...] JUDSON J.—The respondent in this appeal, William James Maroney, was convicted after trial before a judge and jury on the following count: [...] WILLIAM JAMES MARONEY on or about the 29th day of July, in the year 1971, at the City of St. Catharines in the Judicial District of Niagara North in the Province of Ontario, unlawfully did have in his possession a quantity of merchandise having a total value exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) knowing it to have been obtained
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Perka v. The Queen - [1984] 2 SCR 232 - 1984-10-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Criminal law
Statutes
William Francis Perka, Paul Oscar Nelson, William Terry Hines and Stephen Earl Johnson Appellants; [...] (see, e.g., Glanville Williams, Criminal Law: The General Part (2nd ed. 1961), esp. at pp. 738-39). [...] The case of Southwark London Borough Council v. Williams, [1971] Ch. 734 (C.A.), affords an appropriate illustration.
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R. v. Knott - 2012 SCC 42 - [2012] 2 SCR 470 - 2012-07-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Damon William Knott Appellant and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] Damon William Knott Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] Solicitor for the appellant Damon William Knott: Anna King, Vancouver.
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Brown v. Baugh et al. - [1984] 1 SCR 192 - 1984-04-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Vern R. Baugh and Allan Williams, Attorney General on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia Respondents. [...] Richard H. Vogel, Q.C., for the respondent Williams. The judgment of Dickson, Beetz, Mclntyre and Chouinard JJ. was delivered by [...] Solicitor for the respondent Williams: The Ministry of the Attorney General for the Province of British Columbia, Victoria.
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Jackson v. Millar - [1976] 1 SCR 225 - 1975-01-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
William Millar, an Infant Under the Age of Twenty-one Years, by His Guardian ad litem, Murray Millar, and the Said Murray Millar (Defendants) Respondents. [...] Mr. Justice Osler had found that the negligence of the defendant William Millar was gross negligence and that the infant plaintiff, Bradley Charles Jackson, had, by his negligence to the extent of ten per cent contributed to his injuries, and he therefore gave judgment for the infant plaintiff for $223,785.07 and for the [...] Three youths, the infant plaintiff Bradley Charles Jackson, the infant defendant William Millar, and a third, Ross T. Sanders, were, at the time of the accident, riding in an automobile owned by the adult defendant, Murray Millar, and driven by the infant defendant, William Millar.
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Barrick v. Clark - [1951] SCR 177 - 1950-10-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Ralph Newcombe Barrick and Theresa May Florella Barrick, Executors of the Estate of Eli James Barrick, Deceased, and William Hohmann (Defendants) Appellants; [...] The appellant in his letter of the 12th of December, 1947, states that he "held the deal open for you until December 6th when I received an offer from William Hohmann." [...] In the meantime the appellant William Hohmann, also of Luseland, but without knowledge of Clark's correspondence, under date of November 28, inquired of Barrick with regard to this land and Barrick, on November 30, offered him the land for $15,000 cash.
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Oatway v. The Canadian Wheat Board - [1945] SCR 204 - 1945-02-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
In support of this motion an affidavit of William Aitken, accountant of the Canadian Wheat Board, of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba was filed. [...] The Board's motion is supported by affidavits by Thomas William Grindley, secretary of the Canadian Wheat Board, and Henry B. Monk, barrister, of the city of Winnipeg. [...] Section 8, (subsections (d) to (g)), provide that the Board shall set up a proper system of accounting, appoint responsible outside auditors, make weekly audited reports of its operations to the Minister and any other reports he may require, all of which has been done, according to the affidavit of William Aitken.
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Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. v. Murdoch - [1929] SCR 141 - 1928-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
William Murdoch and Another (Plaintiffs) Respondents. 1928: October 18; 1928: December 21. [...] In commenting on that case in Barker v. Herbert[13], Vaughan Williams L.J., says: [...] In Williams v. Jones[15] , the plaintiff had gratuitously permitted the defendant to use his shed for the purpose of having a sign-board made therein.
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Hind v. The Queen - [1968] SCR 234 - 1968-01-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Thomas William Hind Applicant; and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent. [...] FAUTEUX J.:—Thomas William Hind applies for leave to appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, which dismissed his application for an extension of time to appeal to that Court from a sentence of ten years’ imprisonment, imposed upon him by His Honour Magistrate Kurata, upon a plea of guilty to a charge of [...] Welch v. The King[2]; Okalta Oils Limited v. The Minister of National Revenue[3]; Chagnon v. Normand[4]; William Cully v. François alias Francis Ferdais[5].
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Jones v. Dorland - (1887) 14 SCR 39 - 1887-05-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
Gilbert Jones, William Valentine, John Garratt, Adam Henry Garratt, John Stanley White, Walter S. Varney, Levi V. Bowerman, William Branscombe, Willard Garratt, Levi Varney, Walter Leavens, Nathaniel Sweetman, A.M. Outwaters, Ralph P. Jones, and Amos Bowerman (Defendants) Appellants; [...] S.H. Btake Q.C. and Clarke for the respondents referred to Williams v. Bishop of Salisbury[5]; Attorney General v. Gould[6]; White lick Quar.
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Province of Ontario v. The Dominion of Canada and Province of Quebec. In re Indian Claims - (1895) 25 SCR 434 - 1895-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
On the one side Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, represented by the Hon. William Robinson, Commissioner of Crown Lands, and on the other side certain tribes of Indians called in the treaty Nation Indians of Lake Huron, and Ojibeways of Lake Superior. [...] On the 7th September, 1850, the Hon. William B. Robinson, acting as a commissioner on behalf of the Crown, obtained from the Ojibeway Indians of the Lake Superior district a surrender in favour of the Crown of certain Indian territory, situate within the limits of the late province of Canada, as described in a treaty [...] The said William Benjamin Robinson on behalf of Her Majesty, who desires to deal liberally and justly with all her subjects, further promises and agrees that in case the territory hereby ceded by the parties of the second part shall at any future period produce such an amount as will enable the government of this province,
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Libman v. The Queen - [1985] 2 SCR 178 - 1985-10-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Williams, Glanville. "Venue and the Ambit of Criminal Law" (1965), 81 L.Q.R. 276, 276‑288, 395‑421, 518‑538. [...] Williams, Sharon A. and J.‑G. Castel. Canadian Criminal Law, International and Transnational Aspects, Toronto, Butterworths, 1981. [...] This seems more prevalent in England, at least in the eyes of some academics; see, for example, Glanville Williams, supra.
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Accident Ins. Co. Of North America v. McLachlan - (1891) 18 SCR 627 - 1891-02-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
WILLIAM McLACHLAN et al (PLAINTIFFS) Respondents. 1890: Nov. 19; 1891: Feb. 26 [...] John S. McLachlan, William McLachlan, Francis W. Radford and Thomas Brophy as members of a firm doing business in Montreal under the name of Mc-Lachlan Brothers & Co. The plaintiffs alleged that by the policy the appellants undertook to pay, within ninety days after the death of any one of the persons named, to the [...] At the date of the policy, plaintiffs' exhibit No. one, did the defendants know that the only persons registered as interested in the firm of Mc-Lachlan Brothers & Co. were William and John S. McLachlan ?
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Fonseca v. The Attorney General Canada - (1889) 17 SCR 612 - 1889-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
William Gomez Fonseca and John O. Schultz (Defendant.) Appellants And [...] I, William Gomez Fonseca, of the City of Winnipeg, in the county of Selkirk, gentleman, do solemnly declare: [...] After the transaction was closed I discovered the chain of title was imperfect, having no responsible beginning, William Logan and wife having conveyed without first obtaining title from the crown.