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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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The Merchants' Bank of Halifax v. Gillespie - (1885) 10 SCR 312 - 1885-03-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
An agreement dated the 13th day of March, 1874, and made between Charles William Siemens, of the one part, and Edward Faulcknor Tremayne, of the other part, for the grant of a license or right to use, free of royalty, the patent process of the said Charles William Siemens, for the production of iron and steel, and their [...] Dans les conclusions de son jugement Sir William Ritchie, C. J., s'exprime de manière à ne laisser aucun doute sur cette question.
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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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Ontario (Attorney General) v. Bear Island Foundation - [1991] 2 SCR 570 - 1991-08-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
Courts
William Twain and Maurice McKenzie, Jr. on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all [...] William B. Henderson and Alan Pratt, for the intervener Union of Ontario Indians.
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Rural Municipality of Monet v. Campbell - [1956] SCR 763 - 1956-10-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
James Francis Williams And Reginald Johnston (Plaintiffs) Respondents. [...] The respondent Campbell farms the north half of section 35, the respondent McCallum the south half of section 34 and the respondents Williams and Johnston the north half of section 27, all in the said township.
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Merritt v. City of Toronto - (1913) 48 SCR 1 - 1913-05-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
William H. Merritt (Plaintiff) Appellant; and The City of Toronto (Defendant) Respondent. [...] Solicitor for the respondent: William Johnston. [1] 27 Ont. L.R. 1.
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Marquette Election Case (Re) - (1897) 27 SCR 219 - 1897-03-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
William G. King (Petitioner) Appellants And William J. Roche (Respondent)
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Seafarers’ International Union of Canada et al. v. Glasgow et al. - [1975] 1 SCR 164 - 1974-04-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsPrerogative writs
William Glasgow et al. Respondents; and Leonard J. McLaughlin and [...] William Glasgow et al. Respondents. and The Seafarers’ International Union of Canada and John Royce.
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Stern v. Sheps et al. - [1968] SCR 834 - 1968-06-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Family law
Williams v. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago[3], cited by Freedman J.A., deals with an agreement in which a wife was not given full disclosure and in fact was misled by her prospective husband as to his assets and financial condition at the time she entered into the pre-nuptial agreement. [...] There well may be a substantial difference between a case such as Williams and a case where it is the husband and not the wife who is attacking the agreement on the ground of failure to disclose and particularly in the case of a husband to a marriage of convenience who knows and agrees in advance that he will not
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Royal Bank of Canada v. MacKenzie - [1932] SCR 524 - 1932-03-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
The plaintiff, who sued on behalf of himself and the other creditors of the estate of William McLennan, deceased, attacked the validity of a chattel mortgage made by the said McLennan to the defendant bank; and also attacked the validity of a security purporting to be given by said McLennan to the bank under the provisions [...] SMITH J.—One William McLennan, now deceased, had a sheep ranch in the vicinity of Suffield in the province of Alberta, and made a chattel mortgage dated 20th December, 1929, to the appellant, to secure $9,500 and interest on chattels described as follows:
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Cross v. Carstairs - (1913) 47 SCR 559 - 1913-02-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Charles William Cross (Respondent) J Appellant; and William Frederick Wallace Carstairs (Petitioner) Respondent
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St. Laurent v. Mercier - (1903) 33 SCR 314 - 1903-04-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsMines and minerals
Reference is made to Osborne v. Morgan ([6]); Williams v. Morgan ([7]); Scott v. Henderson ([8]); and to Williams on Real Property, (18th ed.) p. 540.
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R. v. Gamble - [1988] 2 SCR 595 - 1988-12-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Prerogative writs
Black, William. "Charter of Rights ‑‑Application to Pre‑Enactment Events", (1982) U.B.C. L. Rev. (Charter Ed.) 59. [...] A shoot‑out ensued with William Nichols and John Gamble exchanging shots with Detective Sergeant Harrison. [...] It follows that the appeals of both William Nichols and Janise Gamble must be dismissed.
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Kelly v. Sulivan - (1877) 1 SCR 3 - 1877-01-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Prince Edward Island, or the Island of St. John, as it was then called, previous to the year 1764, was under the same Government with the Province of Nova Scotia, and in giving the boundaries of that Province in the commission of William Campbell, Esq., commonly called Lord William Campbell, dated 11th August, 1766, [...] In the commission to Walter Patterson, dated 4th August, 1769, so much of the Patent to Lord William Campbell as mentioned the Island of St. John was revoked, and Patterson was appointed Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Island and Territories adjacent thereto. [...] In Richards v. South Wales Railway Company, ([68]) Sir William Erle, in his judgment said: "It was admitted that the writ (of certiorari) was taken away as to all proceedings under the Acts (which he referred to), this rule therefore cannot be made abso-
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Ediger v. Johnston - 2013 SCC 18 - [2013] 2 SCR 98 - 2013-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
William G. Johnston Respondent Coram: McLachlin C.J. and LeBel, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner JJ. [...] William G. Johnston Respondent Indexed as: Ediger v. Johnston 2013 SCC 18 [...] Cassidy, by her guardian ad litem, sued Dr. William G. Johnston, the obstetrician who delivered her, alleging that her injury resulted from negligence associated with an attempt to deliver her using a mid-level forceps procedure.
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The Queen v. Rees - [1956] SCR 640 - 1956-06-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Professor Glanville Williams in his treatise on "Criminal Law" sums up the jurisprudence on the matter as follows:— [...] As stated by Professor Glanville Williams in his Criminal Law at p.131:— [...] In his book on Criminal Law (1953) at pages 131 and 133, Mr. Glanville Williams says:—
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Keystone Transports Ltd. v. Dominion Steel & Coal Corporation, Ltd. - [1942] SCR 495 - 1942-11-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
It alleges in its declaration that at all material times it was the owner of a cargo of nails, staples and wire shipped on board the defendant's steamer Keynor at Sydney, N.S., s on or about August the 11th, 1937, and bound for Fort William, Ontario. [...] The goods which were received for carriage by the defendant in good condition, were found to be seriously damaged by water when they arrived at Fort William. [...] reversing by a majority, a judgment of the Superior Court, and maintaining an action instituted by the respondents, claiming $2,842.75 as damage to a shipment of kegs of nails, staples and wire on board the appellant's steamer Keynor, on a voyage from Sydney, N.S., to Fort William, Ont., during the month of August, 1937.
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Canada Law Book Co. v. Boston Book Co - (1922) 64 SCR 182 - 1922-05-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
While the “set” is described in an earlier clause of the contract as “the English Reports Reprint,” to be published by William Green & Sons of Edinburgh, it is common ground that in order to have an adequate description of the subject-matter of the sale recourse must be had to a prospectus issued by the Edinburgh firm [...] At the time the said agreements were entered into the defendant had in its possession a prospectus issued by William Green & Sons stating in general terms their plans for the issue of the English Reports Reprint and the contract between the plaintiff and the defendant was entered into with reference to this prospectus [...] There is no privity between the Canada Law Book Company, Limited, and William Green & Sons.
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Hansen v. Franz - (1918) 57 SCR 57 - 1918-03-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
In closing his long judgment Mr. Justice Williams refers to a number of cases of defect in the quantity including Portman v. Mill[25], and says he cannot extract a rule therefrom. [...] Penrose v. Knight[29]; Follis v. Porter[30]; Clayton v. Leech[31]; Dart on Vendors and Purchasers (1905 ed.), p. 812; Williams on Vendors & Purchasers (1911 ed.), pp. 6, 10, 11. [...] That appears to have been rather assumed in Jolliffe v. Baker (2), (in other aspects a strong authority for the defendant) in the latter part of the judgment of Watkins Williams J. (pp. 273-4).
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Snell v. Brickles - (1914) 49 SCR 360 - 1914-02-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
William H. Snell (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Charlotte Brickles, Executor of The Estate of Isaac Brickles, Deceased (Defendant) Respondent. [...] edition of Dart, Vendors and Purchasers, or in Williams’ Vendors and Purchasers, or in Halsbury under Specific Performance or Sale of Land and in Talbot and Fort’s Index only two references are noted, both in 1900, it was not mentioned either in Wallis v. Smith[14] or in Howe v. Smith[15] was correctly appreciated (i.e., in [...] On the 20th February, 1912, by accepting a written offer of purchase from William H. Snell, Isaac Brickles agreed to sell to him, for $7,500, certain land in the Township of Scarborough.
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The Queen v. Starrs - (1889) 17 SCR 118 - 1889-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Elle s'est toutefois déjà présentée devant la cour d'Echiquier, dans la cause de Wood v. La Reine,[12] dans laquelle Sir William Richards ex-juge en chef de cette cour se fait deux questions tendant à définir la responsabilité du département des Travaux Publics. [...] Dans la cause de Wood où il n'y avait comme dans celle-ci ni contrat par écrit ni annonces, Sir William Richards s'exprime ainsi sur le droit de recouvrer du département en pareil cas. [...] Je considère que sous tous les rapports cette cause est analogue à celle de Wood et La Reine, et que l'on doit y faire l'application des principes posés par Sir William Richards dans le jugement dont j'ai donné de si copieux extraits.
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British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band - 2003 SCC 71 - [2003] 3 SCR 371 - 2003-12-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
Chief Roger William, on his own behalf and on behalf of all other members of the Xeni Gwet’in First Nations government [...] Joseph J. Arvay, Q.C., and David M. Robbins, for the intervener Chief Roger William. [...] Solicitors for the intervener Chief Roger William: Woodward & Company, Victoria.
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R. v. Latimer - 2001 SCC 1 - [2001] 1 SCR 3 - 2001-01-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Robert William Latimer Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] William J. Sammon, for the intervener the Catholic Group for Health, Justice and Life. [...] Were the criteria for the defence loosened or approached purely subjectively, some fear, as did Edmund Davies L.J., that necessity would “very easily become simply a mask for anarchy”: Southwark London Borough Council v. Williams, [1971] Ch. 734 (C.A.), at p. 746.
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British Columbia Telephone Co. v. Shaw Cable Systems (B.C.) Ltd. - [1995] 2 SCR 739 - 1995-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
8 Following installation work done by a cable company pursuant to the SSA, the TWU initiated labour arbitration proceedings leading to the Williams Award of January 25, 1983. [...] In the Williams Award, a labour arbitration board held that the cable company: [...] The CRTC ruled on July 28, 1987 that BC Tel's position contravened two earlier CRTC decisions and that the Williams Award did not require that all installation work be performed by BC Tel employees.
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R. v. Cinous - 2002 SCC 29 - [2002] 2 SCR 3 - 2002-03-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Williams, Glanville. Textbook of Criminal Law, 2nd ed. London: Stevens & Sons, 1983. [...] Williams, Glanville. The Proof of Guilt: A Study of the English Criminal Trial, 3rd ed. [...] Williams, John M. “Mistake of Fact: The Legacy of Pappajohn v. The Queen” (1985), 63 Can. Bar Rev. 597.