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Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Nova Scotia (Royal Commission into Marshall Prosecution) - [1989] 2 SCR 788 - 1989-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
the investigation of the death of Sandford William Seale on the 28th-29th day of May, A.D., 1971; the charging and prosecution of Donald Marshall Jr., with that death; the subsequent conviction and sentencing of Donald Marshall Jr., for the non-capital murder of Sandford William Seale for which he was subsequently found
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Public Service Alliance of Canada v. Francis et al. - [1982] 2 SCR 72 - 1982-08-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Chief Lawrence Francis, Benny Roundpoint, John Sharrow, William Francis, Gerald Sharrow, Francis Sam, Angus Mitchell, Mike Adams, James Lazore, Louis Sunday, Jake Adams, being all Councillors of the St. Regis Indian Band, and of the Cornwall Island or St. Regis Indian Reserve set aside for the said Band Respondents; [...] James O’Reilly and William S. Grodinsky, for the respondents. Y.A.G. Hynna, for the intervener.
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Bannerman v. Minister of National Revenue - [1959] SCR 562 - 1959-04-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
William Ewart Bannerman Appellant; and The Minister Of National Revenue Respondent. [...] The Chief Justice:—This is an appeal by William E. Bannerman against a decision of the Exchequer Court2 affirming the judgment of the Income Tax Appeal Board which had dismissed his appeal to it from the assessment by the Minister of National Revenue for income tax with respect to the income of the appellant for the year
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Regina v. Coffin (Motion) - [1956] SCR 186 - 1955-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Was the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal right in holding in its decision in Williams v. Graham that The Minimum Wage Act, Chapter 310 of the Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1940, was applicable to the employment of Leo Fleming in the Post Office at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan? [...] The Order of Reference there before the Court recited that an appeal did not lie from the decision of the Court of Appeal in the Williams case.
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Canada Morning News Co. v. Thompson et al. - [1930] SCR 338 - 1930-02-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
It was so held upon the express ground that " Rennie (the assignee) only stands in the shoes of Williams " (the lessor); [...] as the defendant was not competent to impeach the title of Williams, neither is he competent to impeach that of Rennie.
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Parker v. Kogos - [1925] SCR 513 - 1925-06-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
NEWCOMBE J.—By agreement of 20th July, 1922, the defendant (respondent) agreed to purchase from Arthur William Jones and Arthur Philip Luxton, trustees under the will of the late Arthur Wellesley Vowell, deceased, certain real estate in the city of Vancouver for the sum of $85,000 payable, $6,000 on the execution of the [...] being the balance due and owing under a certain agreement for the sale and purchase of the said lands dated the 20th day of July, 1922, between Arthur William Jones and Arthur Philip Luxton, trustees under the will of Arthur Wellesley Vowell, deceased, which said agreement and the payments due thereunder the
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Townsend v. Northern Crown Bank - (1914) 49 SCR 394 - 1914-02-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsFinancial institutions
Sir William Meredith C.J., who tried this action, was of the opinion that [...] Solicitor for the appellant: William Laidlaw. Solicitors for the respondents: Arnoldi & Grierson.
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Peterborough West Election Case (Stratton v. Burnham) - (1909) 41 SCR 410 - 1909-03-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
"I, William Henry Moore, of the City of Peterborough in the County of Peterborough, solicitor, make oath and say: [...] Solicitor for the respondent: William H. Moore. [1] 38 Can. S.C.R. 207.
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Common v. McArthur - (1898) 29 SCR 239 - 1898-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
WILLIAM J. COMMON, ês qualité (PETITIONER) Appellant; And COLIN MCARTHUR, (CONTESTANT) [...] In January, 1897, the company had become insolvent and a winding-up order was made against it, the appellant William J. Common being appointed liquidator.
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R. v. Gladstone - [1996] 2 SCR 723 - 1996-08-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Constitutional law
Donald Gladstone and William Gladstone Appellants v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] 1 Donald and William Gladstone, the appellants, are members of the Heiltsuk Band. [...] Similarly, the journal of Dr. William Tolmie, a fur trader, includes the following entry for April 16, 1834:
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United States of America v. Shulman - 2001 SCC 21 - [2001] 1 SCR 616 - 2001-04-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
[1997] 2 S.C.R. 462; R. v. Harrer, [1995] 3 S.C.R. 562; R. v. Pipe (1966), 51 Cr. App. R. 17; R. v. Williams (1974), 21 C.C.C. (2d) 1, leave to appeal refused, [1974] S.C.R. xii; R. v. Donaldson, [1988] O.J. No. 1232 (QL); United States of America v. Cheung, [1998] Q.J. No. 3393 (QL); R. v. Keyowski, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 657. [...] On May 22, 1995, prior to the appellant’s committal hearing, the assigned American trial judge, Judge William Caldwell, while sentencing one of the co-accused in the scheme, stated: [...] Indeed many cases have followed the broader interpretation formulated by McIntyre J. in R. v. Williams (1974), 21 C.C.C. (2d) 1 (C.M.A.C.) (leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada denied, [1974] S.C.R. xii), at p. 11 and cited with approval by Ritchie J. for the majority of this Court in Shephard, supra, at p. 1086:
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R. v. D. (L.E.) - [1989] 2 SCR 111 - 1989-08-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
for New South Wales, [1894] A.C. 57; Sweitzer v. The Queen, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 949; R. v. Pegelo, [1934] 2 D.L.R. 798; R. v. Thompson (1954), 110 C.C.C. 95; R. v. Williams (1973), 12 C.C.C. (2d) 453; G. v. R., [1977] C.A. 130; R. v. Ambrose (1975), 25 C.C.C. (2d) 90 (N.B.S.C., App. Div.), aff'd [1977] 2 S.C.R. 717. [...] William Ehrcke, for the respondent. //Sopinka J.// The judgment of McIntyre, Lamer, Wilson and Sopinka JJ. was delivered by [...] This decision has been followed for this proposition on numerous occasions in Canada (see, for example, R. v. Pegelo, [1934] 2 D.L.R. 798 (B.C.C.A.); R. v. Thompson (1954), 110 C.C.C. 95 (B.C.C.A.); R. v. Williams (1973), 12 C.C.C. (2d) 453 (Ont. C.A.); and G. v. R., [1977] C.A. 130).
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United States of America v. Shephard - [1977] 2 SCR 1067 - 1976-05-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Hodge's Case (1838), 2 Lewin 227, 168 E.R. 1136; Re Lattimer (1906), 10 C.C.C. 244; Girvin v. The King (1911), 45 S.C.R. 167; R. v. Atwood and Robbins (1788), 1 Leach 464, 168 E.R. 334; R. v. Pipe (1966), 51 Cr. App. R. 17; R. v. Caulfield (1973), 10 C.C.C. (2d) 539; R. v. Williams (1975), 21 C.C.C. (2d) 1, referred to.] [...] The judgment in the Dimaulo case is conveniently reproduced as an appendix to the respondent's factum and a consideration of the jurisprudence and authority there cited discloses that the learned judge relied in great measure on certain statements contained in an article by Mr. Glanville Williams in the Criminal Law [...] Of even greater significance is the judgment of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada in R. v. Williams[21], a case in which leave to appeal to this Court was refused last December.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Therien - [1960] SCR 265 - 1960-01-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
bargaining agent under the provisions of the Labour Relations Act, R.S.M. 1948, c. 27, and, as the action was not brought against the union, the question as to whether it was in law an entity which might be made liable in tort was not considered, either at the trial by Williams C.J. or in the Court of Appeal or argued in [...] Court by Duff J. (as he then was), Anglin J. (as he then was) and Brodeur J. in Local Union v. Williams[5], cannot be taken as deciding that in Manitoba a trade union certified as bargaining agent under the Manitoba Act (which closely resembles that of British Columbia) is not an entity which may be held liable in tort. [...] Trade-unions Act and the Industrial Relations Act if the union was simply and unincorporated association of workmen, it would not, in my opinion, be an entity which might be sued by name, and what was said by Duff J. and by Anglin J. (with whom Brodeur J. agreed) in Local Union v. Williams above referred to would apply.
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Pejepscot Paper Co. Et al. v. Farren - [1933] SCR 388 - 1933-05-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
In the certificate, the name of David’s father is given as William Fitzgerald. [...] See Freeman v. Phillips[16]; also the judgments of Sir C. Cresswell, Wightman, J. and Williams, J., in Shedden v. Attorney-General[17], and particularly the following dictum of Williams, J.:—
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McLean v. Bradley - (1878) 2 SCR 535 - 1878-06-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Present:—Sir William Buell Richards, Knt., C.J,, and Ritchie, Strong, Taschereau, Fournier and Henry, J.J. [...] The issues of fact were tried at Amherst on the 16th October, 1876, before the Chief Justice, Sir William Young, and a jury, when a verdict was rendered for the Respondent for five hundred dollars damages. [...] Rowland v. Veale[24]; Cheaseley v. Barnes[25]; Freeman v. Bluett[26]; Williams v. Babbitt[27]; also, American cases cited in 2 Greenleaf on Ev., 597.
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Montana et al. v. Les développements du Saguenay Ltée et al. - [1977] 1 SCR 32 - 1975-03-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsInternational law
Lister v. McAnulty, [1944] S.C.R. 317; Martin v. William Casey & Sons, Inc. (1958), 170 N.Y.S. 2d 228; Rolland v. La Caisse d’Économie N.-D. de Québec (1895), 24 S.C.R. 405; Breckenridge Speedway v. The Queen, [1970] S.C.R. 175, 9 D.L.R. (3d) 142, referred to. [...] This difficulty does not arise with respect to the case cited by Mr. Sutro: Martin v. William Casey & Sons, Inc.[3], the complete text of which is available.
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Hurly v. Bank of Nova Scotia - [1966] SCR 83 - 1965-11-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsFinancial institutions
Weiller and Williams, Livestock Commission Agents, Western Stockyards, Edmonton, Alberta, for sale by Public Auction. [...] Weiller and Williams. This was done. The sheriff received the proceeds of the sale, the fund of $59,311.48 already referred to.
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Stephens v. The Queen - [1960] SCR 823 - 1960-10-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
William E. Stephens Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent. [...] The Chief Justice:—The appellant, William E. Stephens, was convicted in magistrate's court in the City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, on the 4th day of September 1958, for that he at the City of Winnipeg, on the 7th day of August, A.D., 1958,
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Hamilton (City) v. Hamilton Children's Aid Society - [1954] SCR 569 - 1954-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
It appears from the evidence of Mr. Judd that on November 14, 1951, Charles William Harris, hereinafter referred to as “the child”, and his two sisters were made temporary wards of the respondent for a period of three months. [...] Charles William Harris FATHER—John Robert Harris, MOTHER—Lillian Ellen (Lewens) Harris
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Canada Foundry Co. v. Mitchell - (1904) 35 SCR 452 - 1904-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
The general law on the point may be accepted as that laid down by Lord Justice Bowen in the case of Thomas v. Quartermaine[1], as explained and modified by the decision of the House of Lords in Smith v. Baker[2], and by the Appellate Court in the still later case of Williams v. Birmingham [...] The latest decision on the question is that of the Court of Appeal in Williams v. Birmingham Battery and Metal Co.[7], where it was held that to enable an employer to successfully invoke the doctrine of
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Rourke v. Union Ins. Co. - (1894) 23 SCR 344 - 1894-05-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
William H. Rourke and Rachel E. Rourke, his wife (Plaintiffs) Appellants [...] He lived at St. Martins near the city of St. John where the owners lived William and Edward being his brothers and Phoebe his sister; the plaintiff was at the time his clerk as well.
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Guilford v. The Anglo-French Streamship Co. - (1882) 9 SCR 303 - 1882-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The case was tried before Sir William Young, C.J., without a jury, who, considering that the plaintiff was not a master in the ordinary sense, held that he had been wrongfully dismissed and found a verdict in his favor for $2,000. [...] On May 26th, 1880, Sir William Young, who tried the cause without a jury, gave a verdict for plaintiff for $2,000.
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Peter v. Beblow - [1993] 1 SCR 980 - 1993-03-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsFamily law
Trust
William Beblow Respondent Indexed as: Peter v. Beblow File No.: 22258. [...] By Austin Wakeman Scott and William Franklin Fratcher. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1989. [...] G. William Wagner and R. C. Bernhardt, for the appellant. Nuala J. Hillis and Jessie MacNeil, for the respondent.
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McMillan v. R. - [1977] 2 SCR 824 - 1977-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William George McMillan (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen (Defendant) Respondent. [...] SPENCE J.—This is an appeal by the accused William George McMillan from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario pronounced on February 14, 1975.