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476.
Sansregret v. The Queen - [1985] 1 SCR 570 - 1985-05-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Williams, Glanville. Criminal Law: The General Part, 2nd ed., London, Stevens & Sons Ltd., 1961. [...] The textwriters have also dealt with the subject, particularly Glanville Williams (Criminal Law: The General Part, 2nd ed., 1961, at pp. 157‑160). [...] Glanville Williams, however, warns that the rule of deliberate blindness has its dangers and is of narrow application.
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Kerslake v. Gray - [1957] SCR 516 - 1957-06-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
Insurance
The contract between the insured William Roddick and the insurer “the Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the World” contained the following provisions, set out at pp. 538‑9 of the report: [...] The certificate issued to William Roddick named his mother as beneficiary; she predeceased him and the only persons falling within the class set out in s. 10 who survived him were his two sisters. [...] The sisters did not bring an action; a case was stated for the opinion of the Court as to whether they or the administrator of William Roddick were entitled to receive the proceeds of the policy.
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Hesseltine v. Nelles - (1912) 47 SCR 230 - 1912-12-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
A.J. Nelles and William Newman (Plaintiffs) Respondents. 1912: November 11; 1912: December 10. [...] The referee having reported a certain amount of money as representing the quantum of damages that the company should pay, an appeal from his decision was brought before the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir William Meredith, who varied the report as to the amount. [...] Notice of appeal was then given to this court and later on a motion was made before the registrar to affirm the jurisdiction of this court to hear the appeals, first from the judgment of 1908, secondly, from the order of Sir William Meredith given on the 23rd of January, 1911, and thirdly, from the judgment of the
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Kelly v. Imperial Loan & Investment Co. - (1885) 11 SCR 516 - 1885-11-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
William Kelly (Plaintiff) Appellant; and The Imperial Loan and Investment Company of Canada (Limited) and William Damer (Defendants) Respondents. [...] And whereas default being made in payment of the moneys due under the said mortgage from said William Kelly to the Imperial Loan and Investment Company, the said Imperial Loan and Investment Company exhibited their bill of complaint in the Court of Chancery for Ontario, and thereafter by an order of the said court made in
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Anchor Marine Insurance Co. v. Corbett - (1882) 9 SCR 73 - 1882-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William E. Wier, Guardians of estate of Jos. Wier. The said note was duly presented and protested for non-payment on the 30th of September, A.D. 1878, the protest thereof being in due form. [...] Williams, J.: The law has for many years been settled, and remains so at this day, that, when a cause or matters in difference are referred to an arbitrator, whether lawyer or a layman, he is constituted the sole and final judge of all questions both of law and of fact. [...] The ground is put thus by Sir William Grant in giving his judgment: "The only agreement into which the defendant entered was to purchase at a price to be ascertained in a specific mode.
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R. v. Gunn et al. - [1974] SCR 273 - 1972-06-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Conrad William Gunn and Edward Ponak Appellants; and Her Majesty the Queen Respondent. [...] In January, 1970, the appellants, together with Ido Zamai and John McKeoff, were tried before a judge and jury on the charge that they, with William T. Smith, Murray Theodore Spreckley and persons unknown, conspired to commit the indictable offence of trafficking in a narcotic.
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Pearce v. Calgary (City) - (1915) 54 SCR 1 - 1915-07-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
William Pearce Appellant; and The City of Calgary Respondent 1915: 15 July. [...] One William Pearce, the owner of property in Calgary, Alta., having appealed respecting the assessment of his property there from the decision of the court of revision to the judge of the district court, and being dissatisfied with the decision rendered on that appeal, now desires to appeal direct therefrom to the Supreme
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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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Q.N.S. Paper Co. v. Chartwell Shipping Ltd. - [1989] 2 SCR 683 - 1989-09-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
Tetley, William. "Responsability of Freight Forwarders," [1987] Eur. Trans. [...] Tetley, William. Marine Cargo Claims, 2nd ed. Toronto: Butterworths, 1978. [...] Tetley, William. Maritime Liens and Claims. London: Business Law Communications Ltd., 1985.
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Tottrup v. Patterson et al. - [1970] SCR 318 - 1969-12-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
Guy Patterson and Bruce D. Patterson, Executors of the Estate of Frank Clinton Ottewell, deceased, and William J. Ottewell, Ella Hamilton, Arthur Ottewell, Jennie Smith, George Ottewell, Sylvia Carruthers, Alberta Ottewell, Linda Milligan, John Devereux Respondents. [...] Solicitors for the respondents, William J. Ottewell, Arthur Ottewell, Sylvia Carruthers, Alberta Ottewell and Linda Milligan: Lavallée, Feehan & Remesz, Edmonton.
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One Chestnut Park Road v. Toronto (City) - [1964] SCR 287 - 1964-03-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
One Chestnut Park Road Limited, Paul F. McGoey, Donald B. Moran, William E. Hall, Anthony Cecutti, Annjane Carter, Marjorie Swanson, John G. Evans, William J. Horsey, Mary N. Sauriol (Defendants) Appellants;
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La Ville de Jacques-Cartier v. Lamarre - [1958] SCR 108 - 1957-12-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
Williams et al. v. Irvine (1893), 22 S.C.R. 108; Hyde v. Lindsay (1898), 29 S.C.R. 99, applied. [...] Cette Cour en a ainsi décidé dans Williams et al. v. Irvine3; Hyde v. Lindsay4.
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Clergue v. Humphrey - (1900) 31 SCR 66 - 1900-11-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
Samuel F. Humphrey and William S. Adams, Executors of David Bugbee, Deceased (Plaintiffs) Respondents. [...] Ker v. Williams[2]; United Telephone Co. v. Tasker[3]; Lancaster v. Moss[4].
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Jamieson v. London and Canadian Loan and Agency Co. - (1899) 30 SCR 14 - 1899-10-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
See Treloar v. Bigge[2]; Williams v. Bosanquet[3]; Eaton v. Jacques[4]. [...] The dictum of Dallas C.J. in Williams v. Bosanquet[6], so far as it goes is favourable to the respondents.
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The Sovereign Fire Ins. Co. v. Moir - (1887) 14 SCR 612 - 1887-02-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William C. Moir, James W. Moir and James R. Graham (Plaintiffs) Respondents [...] This is an action on a policy of insurance bearing date 19th November, 1880, issued by defendant company to William C. Moir and James W. Moir, insuring "the machinery in spool factory, situate at Bedford Basin," in the sum of $3,000.
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Endean v. British Columbia - 2016 SCC 42 - [2016] 2 SCR 162 - 2016-10-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
by her Estate Administrator, William John Forsyth, Michael Herbert Cruickshanks, David Tull, [...] by her Estate Administrator, William John Forsyth, Michael Herbert Cruickshanks, David Tull, [...] by her Estate Administrator, William John Forsyth, Michael Herbert Cruickshanks, David Tull,
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McDonald v. McDonald - (1903) 33 SCR 145 - 1903-02-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William McDonald, Executor of Michael McDonald, Deceased (Defendant) [...] (Signed) William Moore. Underneath these receipts was written, "I approve of the above. [...] directions as [aforesaid, as she told me, and as I believe, was that she wished that, at her death, the debt or sum of six hundred pounds, so due to her from' the said William Moore, should be cancelled.
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Frank v. Alpert et al. - [1971] SCR 637 - 1970-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
William Kleiman, trading as Kleiman’s Electric Service, and Walter Dziadus (Third Parties) Respondents. [...] Solicitors for the third party, respondent, William Kleiman: Bowman & Crawford, Winnipeg.
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Royal Bank of Canada v. Radius Credit Union Ltd. - 2010 SCC 48 - [2010] 3 SCR 38 - 2010-11-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
(Receiver of) (1998), 158 D.L.R. (4th) 65; Holroyd v. Marshall (1862), 10 H.L. Cas. 191; Tailby v. Official Receiver (1888), 13 App. Cas. 523; In re Lind, [1915] 2 Ch. D. 345; Banque nationale du Canada v. William Neilson Ltd., [1991] R.J.Q. 712. [...] Moull, William D. “Security Under Sections 177 and 178 of the Bank Act ” (1986), 65 Can. Bar Rev. 242. [...] [22] This interpretation, while not explained in these terms, was effectively adopted by the Quebec Court of Appeal in Banque nationale du Canada v. William Neilson Ltd., [1991] R.J.Q. 712.
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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Pembina Exploration Canada Ltd. - [1989] 1 SCR 206 - 1989-02-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
William Siddall & Sons Fisheries brought an action in negligence in Small Claims Court and sought damages after one of its nets was damaged when it became entangled with an unmarked gas well in Lake Erie owned by Pembina Exploration Canada Limited. [...] 2. The plaintiff, William Siddall & Sons Fisheries, claims that a trawling net towed by one of its vessels was damaged when it became entangled with an unmarked gas well in Lake Erie owned by the defendant, Pembina Exploration Canada Limited. [...] 6. The original plaintiff, Siddall, was not represented in any of the appeals, but an affidavit was filed by the solicitor of the late Charles William Siddall, who had owned the fishing business, stating that the latter's wife and executor now owned and operated the business and proposed to pursue the claim in the event
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R. v. Stewart - [1988] 1 SCR 963 - 1988-05-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
...that he, during the month of October, 1981, at the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto in the Judicial District of York, did counsel Jan William Hart to commit the indictable offence of fraud, an offence as described in Section 338 of the Criminal Code of Canada, contrary to Section 422 of the Criminal Code of Canada. [...] ...that he, during the month of October, 1981 at the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto in the Judicial District of York, unlawfully did counsel Jan William Hart to commit the indictable offence of theft, an offence as described in Section 294 of the Criminal Code of Canada, to wit: to steal information, the property of [...] ...that he, during the month of October, 1981 at the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto in the Judicial District of York, unlawfully did counsel Jan William Hart to commit the indictable offence of mischief to the private property of the Constellation Hotel and its employees, which mischief exceeded $50.00, an offence as
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London Life Ins. Co. v. Trustee of the Property of Lang Shirt Co. Ltd. - [1929] SCR 117 - 1928-12-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
In each of them the action is based on an insurance policy on the life of William Raymond Moore, the husband of Margaret Elizabeth Moore, who, in two of these cases, is the plaintiff; and is here a respondent. [...] The other action is on behalf of the trustee in bankruptcy of the property of the Lang Shirt Company, Limited, of which William Raymond Moore was president and managing director. [...] The three appeals were argued at the same time, and will be dealt with together, the main question of fact being the same in each, to wit: did William Raymond Moore die by his own act, or was his death a death by accident within the meaning of the insurance policies?
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Canadian Pacific Rway. Co., v. Albin Idington J - (1919) 59 SCR 151 - 1919-10-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
Their earlier decision in Grand Trunk Pacific Rly. Co. v. Fort William Land Investment Co.[54], points in the same direction. [...] Solicitor for the appellants: William Johnston. Solicitor for the respondent: William Laidlaw.
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Equity Fire Ins. Co. v. Thompson - (1909) 41 SCR 491 - 1909-04-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
Before its adoption in Ontario in 1876 it had received a like construction in the NewYork Courts, Williams v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co.[23], in 1874, and I respectfully agree in the statement of the Chief Justice of Ontario in the present case that [...] A similar view was expressed by Vaughan-Williams L.J., in Southwark Union v. City of London Union[27]. [...] But the decisions in Williams v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co.[41]; Putnam v. Commonwealth Ins. Co.[42]; Mayor of New York v. Hamilton Fire Ins. Co.[43]; Hynds v. Schenectady County Mut. Ins. Co.[44]; Springfield Fire and Marine Ins. Co. v. Wade[45], and other American cases are not susceptible of this explanation.
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Ashdown v. The Manitoba Free Press Company - (1891) 20 SCR 43 - 1891-11-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Robinson Q.C. for the respondents cited, as to the contention that the statute should have been pleaded, Williams v. The East India Co. ([5]); Sissons v. Dixon ([6]); and as to the declaration being sufficient, Moyer v. Davidson ([7]); De Forrest v. Bunnell ([8]); Mowat v. Clement ([9]). [...] appear to me material, inasmuch as either swearing or affirming would be a compliance with the statute, though I should, if it were necessary to determine this point, certainly be prepared to hold that the contents ‘of the document which states that “ I, William F. Luxton, &c., do solemnly declare and affirm that,” [...] I, William Fisher Luxton, of the city of Winnipeg, in the county of Selkirk, journalist, do solemnly declare and affirm: