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1,101.
Parsons v. Standard Fire Insurance Co. - (1880) 5 SCR 233 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Parsons (Plaintiff) Appellant; and The Standard Fire Insurance Company (Defendants) Respondents.
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1,102.
Amer v. The Queen - (1878) 2 SCR 592 - 1878-06-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
At a special Court of Oyer and Terminer and general Gaol delivery in and for the provisional judicial District of Algoma, held on the 2nd October A. D., George Archibald Amer and Laban Amer, were tried for the wilful murder of William Bryan, and George Archibald Amer was found guilty of manslaughter, and Laban Amer was
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1,103.
Douez v. Facebook, Inc. - 2017 SCC 33 - [2017] 1 SCR 751 - 2017-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsWoodward, William J., Jr. “Finding the Contract in Contracts for Law, Forum and Arbitration” (2006), 2 Hastings Bus. L.J. 1. [...] A contractual approach for determining the enforceability of forum selection clauses in consumer contracts of adhesion finds significant academic support (William J. Woodward, Jr., “Finding the Contract in Contracts for Law, Forum and Arbitration” (2006), 2 Hastings Bus. L.J. 1, at p. 46; M. P. Ellinghaus, “In Defense of [...] William Woodward has observed: . . . unless the case is a large one or the “chosen” forum convenient, a choice-of-forum clause can eliminate a customer’s legal claim entirely.
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Alberta (Attorney General) v. Moloney - 2015 SCC 51 - [2015] 3 SCR 327 - 2015-11-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Joseph William Moloney Respondent - and - Attorney General of Ontario, Attorney General of Quebec, [...] Joseph William Moloney Respondent and Attorney General of Ontario, [...] . . . I advise that your client, Joseph William Moloney, remains indebted for the judgment debt obtained against him.
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1,105.
R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd. - [1985] 1 SCR 295 - 1985-04-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book 4, (Lewis ed.), Philadelphia, Rees Welsh & Co., 1900. [...] William Henkel, Q.C., and Inge Freund, for the appellant. Jim J. Boyle and William S. Klym, for the respondent.
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1,106.
The King v. Northumberland Ferries Ltd. - [1945] SCR 458 - 1945-05-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsExpropriation
So far as this Court is concerned, the first statement of such a principle appears in the judgment of Sir William Ritchie in Valin v. Langlois[16]. [...] In Canadian Northern Ontario Ry. Co. v. Smith[25], the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, with whom Idington J. agreed, adapted the quotation from Sir William Ritchie's judgment [...] In Cedars Rapids Manufacturing and Power Company v. Lacoste[64], Lord Dunedin, in delivering the judgment of the Privy Council, at page 576, approved of the judgments of Vaughan Williams and Fletcher Moulton L.JJ., in the case of In Re Lucas and Chesterfield Gas and Water Board[65], in which judgments the principles
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1,107.
Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. City of Toronto - (1910) 42 SCR 613 - 1910-02-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
Williams v. Irvine[5]. See also decisions quoted in Am. & Eng, Encycl. of Law, vo. [...] Therefore, as Williams J. has stated, a new authority was given to the Native Land Court as regards both land and matters of account. [...] Williams v. Adams[28]. The Board had authority to abrogate the Yonge Street bridge order of the former Railway Committee of the Privy Council (R.S.C. [1906] ch. 37, section 32 (2)).
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1,108.
Wheler v. Gibbs - (1880) 4 SCR 430 - 1880-06-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsElections
William Henry Gibbs Respondent 1880: March 22; 1880: June 10. Present.—Ritchie, C. J., and Fournier, Henry, Taschereau and Gwynne, J. J. [...] A. Mr. William Jones, and I think Mr. Edward Munday. I do not recollect positively whether there were any more. [...] But we have also the Ontario Elections Act which contains a similar proviso to that contained in the Dominion Elections Act, and under that clause the late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sir William Buell Richards, while Chief Justice of Ontario, held that "expenses for actual professional services performed," meant
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1,109.
Severn v. The Queen - (1878) 2 SCR 70 - 1878-01-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
Present:—Sir William Buell Richards, Knight, C.J., and Ritchie, Strong, Taschereau, Fournier and Henry, JJ. [...] Either the words "other licenses" must be construed to be of the same class as those mentioned in the preceding part of the sub-section: East London Water Works v. Mile End Old Town[14]; Reed v. Ingham[15]; Williams v. Golding[16]; this is also the view taken by Torrance, J., in the case of Angers v. The Queen Insurance [...] This is the rule as laid down by Chief Justice Erle in the case of Williams v. Golding[82], when construing the words "other person;" and by Lord Campbell, Chief Justice, in the case of Reed v. Ingham[83], while interpreting the words "other craft."
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1,110.
Field v. Zien - [1963] SCR 632 - 1963-12-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William John Field, Field's Industrial Research Ltd., Field's Wholesale Distributors Ltd. and Field's Enterprises Ltd. (Defendants) Appellants;
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1,111.
Canada Permanent Trust v. Bowman - [1962] SCR 711 - 1962-04-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
The Canada Permanent Trust Company, Alexander Mutchmor Smith, Allan Findlay Smith, William Bowman, Jean Hillyard, Alexander C. Smith, Duncan Bowman, Phyllis Smith, Marjorie Smith, The Public Trustee for the Province of Alberta, Guardian Ad Litem of the Estate of Robert A. Smith, an infant (Defendants) Appellants;
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1,112.
The Queen v. Topechka - [1960] SCR 898 - 1960-11-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
The only question that arises and which has to be decided is whether or not this "William Ten Strike" bowling machine is a "slot machine" contrary to the above section of the Criminal Code.
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1,113.
Settled Estates Ltd. v. Minister of National Revenue - [1960] SCR 606 - 1960-06-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsTaxation
The appellant was incorporated as a private company under the Companies Act of British Columbia and for many years it was controlled by the late Robert William Fiddes, who owned 1699 shares out of its 1700 total issued ordinary shares.
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1,114.
Meyer v. Capital Trust Corp. Ltd. - [1948] SCR 329 - 1948-04-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
Capital Trust Corporation Limited, Executors of the Estate of Charles Conrad Meyer; Christina Brethour, William Conrad Meyer, Carl Robert Meyer, Olga Clarey and Gordon Clarey (Defendants) Respondents.
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1,115.
National Electric Products Corporation v. Industrial Electric Products Ltd. - [1940] SCR 406 - 1940-05-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
There is no evidence of agency or of partnership and on the facts one could not properly find, to borrow the language of Vaughan Williams L.J. in Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co., Ltd., v. David Moseley & Sons, Ltd.[2], any relation between the parties of " principals in the first degree" or of "aider and abettor."
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1,116.
Canadian National Steamships v. Bayliss - [1937] SCR 261 - 1937-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
William Bayliss (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1936: November 4; 1937: February 2.
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1,117.
Great Northern Insurance Co. v. Whitney - (1918) 57 SCR 543 - 1918-03-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William D. Whitney (Plaintiff) Respondent 1918: March 4, 11. Present:—Sir Charles Fitzpatrick C.J. and Idington, Anglin and Brodeur JJ.
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1,118.
In Re "Horlick's" - (1917) 64 SCR 466 - 1917-05-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
The Weekly Notes and Law Times come to, hand since this appeal was heard, contain notes of the decision of Mr. Justice Neville in Re William Crawford & Sons[3], where he held the application for registration should not proceed by reason of the name being a common one.
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1,119.
Scott v. Swanson - (1907) 39 SCR 229 - 1907-06-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
William James Swanson (Defendant) Respondent. and The Federal Life Assurance Company of Canada Plaintiffs;
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1,120.
Moore v. Roper - (1905) 35 SCR 533 - 1905-01-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The defendant in evidence says: 'After that I shipped the fish to Mr. William Ross for Mr. H. E. Moore in payment of the claim he had against me.' He had already received from Treen, as trustee, a statement of the account and a notification and his letter advising of the shipment of the fish was addressed to Treen."
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Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co. v. Taggart - (1900) 30 SCR 373 - 1900-06-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The business was then carried on by Moore on behalf of the plaintiffs, or I should rather say by the plaintiffs through the intervention of Moore, who placed Taggart and one Williams acting in the interest of Buntin, Reid & Co., in possession of the stock in trade conveyed by Clarkson, and of such other goods as the
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1,122.
The Queen v. Poirier et al. - (1899) 30 SCR 36 - 1899-10-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
the lease under which they claimed and which was set out in the petition of right and it appeared to be-in notarial form as between the Government of the Province of Quebec represented by William Alphonse Nantel in his capacity of Commissioner of Public Works, lessors, &c.
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1,123.
Osgoode (Township) v. York - (1895) 24 SCR 282 - 1895-03-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
he required a ditch to be made through such lot and therein alleging that it would be necessary to continue the ditch through certain other lots mentioned therein, among others, the north-west quarter of the same lot no. 27 of which his father William Comrie was named as owner, and the west half of lot no. 28, in the 7th
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Walmsley v. Griffith - (1886) 13 SCR 434 - 1886-04-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Kate Griffith, Carrie L. Griffith, George Wright, Philip J. Slater, J Hornbrook, W. J. McCormack, John Donogh, William Badenach, Walter H. Blight, Robert Dodds and A. G. Allison (Defendants)
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1,125.
Ezokola v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2013 SCC 40 - [2013] 2 SCR 678 - 2013-07-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsImmigration
30 May 2012; Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, ICC‑01/04‑01/06‑2842, 14 March 2012, aff’g ICC‑01/04‑01/06‑803‑tEN, 29 January 2007; Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto, ICC‑01/09‑01/11‑373, 23 January 2012; Prosecutor v. Jean‑Pierre Bemba Gombo, ICC‑01/05‑01/08‑424, 15 June 2009; Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanišić, [...] Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, ICC-01/04-01/06-2842, Judgment Pursuant to Article 74 of the Statute, 14 March 2012 (ICC, Trial Chamber I), at para. 999; Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto, ICC-01/09-01/11-373, Decision on the Confirmation of Charges, 23 January 2012 (ICC, Pre-Trial Chamber II), at para. 354; Prosecutor v. Callixte