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In re Barrett / Beard et al v. Barrett et al - [1955] SCR 93 - 1954-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
In Williams on Wills, at pp. 187-188, it is stated that “Where a testator desires that an annuitant shall be paid out of income only, he will probably also desire that deficiencies [...] Whatever a testator intends or desires is, of course, to be gathered from a reading of the entire will and, in fact, in the notes to the sentence in Williams that follows the one quoted there appears a reference to several cases, including the one relied upon by the respondents, In re Rose[6], where, at p. 25, Sargant J. [...] When the annuitant dies, arrears die with her: Williams on Wills, 3rd Ed. Vol. 1, pp. 187-8 in which the following observation would seem to state accurately the mind of a testator in the ordinary case:
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Fleming et al. v. Watts et al. - [1944] SCR 360 - 1944-10-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Andrew J. Fleming and William E. Adams (Plaintiffs) Appellants; and [...] In the year 1934 the appellant Fleming entered into a contract to buy, for the sum of $7,000, a lot on the east side of William Street in Chatham, Ontario. [...] It was contiguous on the south to a lot on the corner of William and Wellington Streets, then owned by the deceased, Robert Milner, represented by the respondents.
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Robinson v. The Royal Trust Co. - [1939] SCR 75 - 1938-12-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
In Barford v. Street[5], Sir William Grant had to consider a will by which the residue of the testator's personal estate and all his real estate were given and devised to a trustee to pay the rents, issues, interests, dividends, and produce, to Mary Barford during the term of her natural life, and from and immediately after [...] But the reasons for the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, delivered by Sir William Meredith[14], are of interest as indicating the view of the Chief Justice of Ontario that, notwithstanding the intention of the testator that beneficiaries should take a life 2state, that estate, when coupled with a general power [...] Sir William Meredith disagreed with this view because of the words "they my said daughters in the meantime to have all the rents and profits therefrom" and held that the daughters took a life interest with a general power of appointment.
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The Montreal Street Ry. Co. v. Ritchie - (1889) 16 SCR 622 - 1889-11-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
WILLIAM FREDERICK RITCHIE (Defendant). Respondent. 1889: Nov 19; 1889: Nov 20 [...] Geoffrion Q. C. and H. Abbott Q. C. for appellants contended that the allegations contained in respondent's petition for an injunction constituted a libel upon the company, and cited Morawetz on Private Corporations ([1]): Williams v. Beaumont ([2]); Teuton Mutual Ins. Co. v. Perrin ([3]); Metropolitan Omnibus Co, v. [...] PATTERSON J.—Concurred in dismissing the appeal and mentioned the case of Williams v. Crow ([30]) decided in Ontario, where in an action upon a replevin bond, the plaintiff claimed, as part of his damages by reason of the issue of the writ of replevin his costs between solicitor and client over and above the costs taxed to
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DuMoulin v. Langtry - (1886) 13 SCR 258 - 1886-11-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Robinson, His then Majesty's Attorney General for the said Province, and one William Allan, and to their heirs and assigns, upon trust to hold the same for the sole use and benefit of the resident clergyman of the town of York and his successors appointed or to be appointed rectors of the Episcopal Church therein to [...] Another portion of the land in question, together with a number of other parcels of land, was granted by the Crown by letters patent bearing date the 26th day of April, 1879, unto and to the use of the Honorable William Dummer Powell, then Chief Justice of the Province of Upper Canada, James Baby and the Reverend John [...] bearing date the 2nd day of December, 1824, required the grantees in the said letters patent named to convey to D'Arcy Boulton, John Beverley Robinson and William Allan for the use of the church in the town of York and of the clergyman incumbent thereof, for the time being, the parcels of land therein described (being
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Cowper‑Smith v. Morgan - 2017 SCC 61 - [2017] 2 SCR 754 - 2017-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsMegarry, Robert, and William Wade. The Law of Real Property, 8th ed. by Charles Harpum, Stuart Bridge and Martin Dixon. [...] G. Darren Williams, Ellen Vandergrift and Moira Dillon, for the appellant. [...] Solicitors for the appellant: League and Williams, Victoria; Vandergrift Legal, Ottawa; Supreme Law Group, Ottawa.
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Hawrelak v. City of Edmonton - [1976] 1 SCR 387 - 1975-03-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
William Hawrelak (Defendant) Appellant; and The City of Edmonton (Plaintiff) Respondent. [...] The respondent, the City of Edmonton, had sued the appellant, William Hawrelak, for profits which he had obtained upon the sale of certain shares in the Sun-Alta Builders Limited and for damages. [...] The appellant then left the city and during his absence, and without any instructions from him, so the appellant testified, the document was executed on behalf of the city by William Mitchell, the acting mayor.
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Ferguson et al. v. MacLean et al. - [1930] SCR 630 - 1930-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
By earlier legislation of the province of New Brunswick, set forth at length by the Chief Justice in his judgment, to wit, c. 11, 1 William IV, (1831), c. 18, 2 William IV, (1832), c. 15, 3 William IV, (1833), c. 48, 38 Vic., (1875), and c. 99, 38 Vic., (1875), it was made abundantly clear that the property of St. James [...] controlled without some clear expression or necessary implication.” Reversion is a well known legal expression, and its meaning and the distinction between it and a remainder is clearly pointed out in the passage from Williams on Real Property (14th Ed., p. 255) to which we were referred by the counsel for the defendants. [...] This view has the support of the Court of Appeal in Tillmanns & Co. v. SS. Knutsford Ltd.[21], in which Farwell L.J. said (at p. 403): “Unless you can find a category there is no room for the application of the ejusdem generis doctrine.” To the same effect are the judgments of Vaughan Williams L.J., at page 395, and of
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R. v. Terry - [1996] 2 SCR 207 - 1996-05-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Evidence
Williams, Sharon A. and J.-G. Castel, Canadian Criminal Law: International and Transnational Aspects. [...] William F. Ehrcke and Oleh Kuzma, for the respondent. S. David Frankel, Q.C., and Kimberly Prost, for the intervener. [...] Consequently, any cooperative investigation involving law enforcement agencies of Canada and the United States will be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the activity is undertaken: see Williams and Castel, Canadian Criminal Law: International and Transnational Aspects (1981), at p. 320.
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Bell et al. v. Smith et al. - [1968] SCR 664 - 1968-05-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Evidence
William Samuel Smith and John William Charles Smith (Defendants) Respondents. [...] The vehicle came into contact with one owned by the defendant John William Charles Smith due, to what was alleged by the plaintiffs, to be the negligence of the said defendant Smith.
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MacInnes v. MacInnes - [1935] SCR 200 - 1934-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
It was held by Vaughan Williams, L.J., and Kennedy, L.J., that the word “then” referred to the date of the nomination, Farwell, L.J., dissenting. [...] Vaughan Williams, L.J., said, at page 282:— The view which I am taking is not a novel view, because in In the Goods of Baxter[7], this very question was raised and decided. [...] Kennedy, L.J., agreed with the judgment of Vaughan Williams, L.J. In his dissenting judgment, Farwell, L.J., said, at page 284:
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Minister of Finance of B.C. v. Royal Trust Co. - (1920) 61 SCR 127 - 1920-06-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
IDINGTON J.—The late Sir William Van Horne was domiciled in Quebec when he made his last will and testament and died on the 11th of September, 1915, possessed of an estate of the aggregate value of $6,371, 374.31, of which $300,000 worth was situated in the Province of British Columbia. [...] It asks merely a declaration that the amount of the duty payable under it in respect of the $290,463.25, net value of the estate of the late Sir William Van Horne, K.C.M.G., situate in British Columbia, is $8,523.16 and not $14,242.10 as claimed by the province. [...] The late Sir William Van Horne left an estate of the aggregate value of $6,371,374.73, with liabilities of $169,989.56, so that the net value of the estate was $6,201,385.17.
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Bainton v. John Hallam Limited - (1920) 60 SCR 325 - 1920-04-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Mayne on Damages, (8th ed.) p. 228; Rodocanachi v. Milburn Bros.[2]; Williams Bros. v. Agius, Limited[3]. [...] Rodocanachi v. Milburn Bros.[8]; Williams Bros. v. Agius, Limited[9]. [...] As stated by Lord Haldane in Williams Brothers v. Agius, Limited[10], at page 520:—
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Holland v. Ross - (1891) 19 SCR 566 - 1891-11-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
WILLIAM L. HOLLADD (PLAINTIFF) Appellant; And JOHN ROSS et al. [...] The action was brought at Aylmer, in the district of Ottawa, in March, 1880, by William L. Holland, the present appellant, against John Ross and Frank Ross of Quebec merchants, and two other persons who were acting under their orders and directions, for an alleged trespass upon two tots of land situate in the township [...] In 1874 George C Holland transferred to William L Holland, the present appellant, all his rights in the lots in question, all payments due on the lots with interest having been paid, and a fee was accepted by the crown
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Kinloch v. Scribner - (1886) 14 SCR 77 - 1886-05-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
William Kinloch and Others, (Defendants) Appellants; and John M Scribner (Plaintiff) Respondent. [...] Henry J.—One William Morton, who had a general store of merchandise at Campbellford, Ontario, in 1881, [...] stock in trade in a general store in the village of Campbellford belonging to one William Morton were, on the 25th day of August, 1881, bonâ fide sold for valuable consideration paid therefor to the plaintiff into whose actual possession the goods were then delivered by Morton; that the plaintiff having received from Morton
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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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R. v. Z.L. - 2001 SCC 16 - [2001] 1 SCR 528 - 2001-03-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William B. Smart, Q.C., for the respondent. The judgment of the Court was delivered orally by [...] Solicitors for the respondent: Smart & Williams, Vancouver.
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Prudential Trust Company Ltd. v. Cugnet - [1956] SCR 914 - 1956-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
and referred to what had been said by Lord Chancellor Cottenham in William M'Ewan and Sons v. James and Archibald Smith et al. 20. [...] The general principle was stated as follows by Lord Halsbury sitting in the Court of Appeal in Henderson & Co. v. Williams 26.:— [...] As it was put by Sir William Anson 33 in an article on Carlisle v. Bragg:—
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The King v. Eastern Terminal Elevator Co. - [1925] SCR 434 - 1925-05-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
This statute divides Canada into two divisions for inspectional purposes, the Western division (by for the most important) comprising that part of the Dominion to the west of the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William, these two cities included, and the Eastern Division which lies to the east of Port Arthur. [...] The inspected car then proceeds to Fort William or Port Arthur, the inspectors' certificate reaching there at the same time or earlier, and then being in the possession of an officer of the Board. [...] It should be remarked that at terminal points like Port Arthur and Fort William there are also private elevators, said to be considerably more numerous than the public ones.
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Roche v. Johnson - (1916) 53 SCR 18 - 1916-02-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William Roche (Defendant) Appellant; and Sarah Frances Johnson (Plaintiff) Respondent. [...] "It is hereby agreed by and between William H. Johnson, of Halifax, in the County of Halifax, of the first part and William Roche, of Halifax, aforesaid of the second part: That the party of the first part agrees to sell and the party of the second part agrees to purchase four square miles of coal lands at Chimney Corner in [...] is: What kind of shares did W. H. Johnson stipulate for and William Roche undertake to deliver—shares in a company merely chartered, without capital or property, and with no prospect of being in a position to commence operations within any reasonable time, or shares in an organized company with sufficient capital provided
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Canada Woollen Mills v. Traplin - (1904) 35 SCR 424 - 1904-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Smith v. Baker[2]; Moore v. The J.D. Moore Co.[3]; Grant v. Acadia Coal Co.[4]; Williams v. Birmingham Battery and Metal Co.[5] [...] Williams v. Birmingham Battery and Metal Co.[16] I fail to find anything in the evidence relieving the defendants from their common law liability arising out of the injuries caused by the defective elevator. [...] I think, therefore, that, as no knowledge was brought home to the company, the case comes clearly within the decision of Williams v. Birmingham Battery and Metal Co.[66] and Matthews v. Hamilton Powder Co.[67], and that there is no liability at common law.
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Macdonald v. Georgian Bay Lumber Co. - (1878) 2 SCR 364 - 1878-06-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
Present: Sir William Buell Richards, C.J., and Ritchie, Strong, Taschereau, Fournier and Henry, J.J. [...] Re Williams[12]; Bump’s Law of Bankruptcy[13]; Osborn v. Adams[14]; Holmes v. Remsen[15]; Lee on Bankruptcy[16]; Ford v. Beech[17]. [...] absolutely, to have and to hold the same in the same manner and with the same rights in all respects as the said Anson G.P. Dodge, William Foy Hunt and Samuel Scholefield, or either of them, would have had or held the same if no proceedings in bankruptcy had been taken against them or either of them, &c., &c.”
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Western Racing Association v. Woollatt and Wilson - [1929] SCR 483 - 1929-03-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
William R. Woollatt (Defendant) Respondent. and Bradley Wilson Plaintiff. [...] William R. Woollatt (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1929: March 13, 14, 20.
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R. v. Wade - [1995] 2 SCR 737 - 1995-06-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William Wade Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Wade [...] Brian H. Greenspan, William Hechter and Sharon E. Lavine, for the appellant.
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Ford v. Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co. - [1991] 1 SCR 136 - 1991-02-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Ford Respondent Indexed as: Ford v. Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co. [...] William Ford, on his own behalf. //Cory J.// The judgment of the Court was delivered by