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R. v. Hunt - 2017 SCC 25 - [2017] 1 SCR 476 - 2017-04-27
Supreme Court JudgmentsWilliam Parsons, Gary Hillyard and John King Respondents Indexed as: R. v. Hunt [...] Randolph J. Piercey, Q.C., for the respondent William Parsons. Jonathan E. Noonan, for the respondent Gary Hillyard. [...] Solicitors for the respondent William Parsons: Noonan Piercey, St. John’s.
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Crighton v. Roman / Roman v. Toronto General Trusts Corp. et al. - [1960] SCR 858 - 1960-10-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsTrust
The Toronto General Trusts Corporation, as Executors of the Estate of William Raey Featherstone, Deceased, (Plaintiff) Respondent. [...] Williams v. Scott, [1900] A.C. 499, Brickenden v. London Loan and Savings Co., [1934] 3 D.L.R. 465, referred to. [...] The following passage in the judgment of the Judicial Committee in Williams v. Scott[1], appears to me to be applicable to the facts of the case at bar:
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Sydney and Louisburg Coal and Railway Co. v. Sword - (1892) 21 SCR 152 - 1892-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
The writ alleges that William Sword, the demandant's huband, was seized of these lands in his demesne as of fee during the coverture. [...] The provincial grant was void ab initio and consequently no seizin passed by it to the grantee William Sword, the demandant's husband. [...] The conveyance by William Sword to the Glasgow and Cape Breton Coal and Railway Company was what is technically termed an innocent conveyance, that is a conveyance not having any violent or tortious operation, such as a fine or feoffment formerly had; it follows that William Sword the grantor would not himself have been
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Owens v. Bedell - (1891) 19 SCR 137 - 1891-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil law
Obligation dated. 4th June 1884, A. Gr. Isaacson N. P. from William Wilson to Thomas and William Owens hypothecating official No. 1633, St. Ann Ward, [...] A deed of hypothec for $3,000 and interest at 6 per cent, from William Wilson to Melvin Smith executed before Isaacson, N.P., on the 8th August, 1881, and registered on the 10th of August following, against the property in question in this cause. [...] 1. Hypothèque de $3,000 avec intérét à 6 pour cent, constituée Par William, Wilson en faveur de Melvin Smith, par acte passé par devant Isaacson, notaire, le 8 avrll 1881, et enregistrée le 10 avril suivant, sur la propriété en question en cette cause.
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Shoolbred v. Union Fire Ins. Co. - (1887) 14 SCR 624 - 1887-03-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
William Shoolbred (Defendant) Appellant; and The Union Fire Insurance Co. et al. [...] APPEAL from a decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario[2] affirming the judgment of the Chancery Division[3], whereby the petition of William Shoolbred was dismissed. [...] Order and adjudge that William Badenach of the city of Toronto, Esquire, accountant, the receiver heretofore appointed in the said case of Clarke v. The Union Fire Insurance Company be and he is hereby appointed interim liquidator of the estate and effects of the said company.
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Adams v. McBeath - (1897) 27 SCR 13 - 1897-01-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
George Kirsop when he heard of Adams' illness went up to his house with one William McDonald on Tuesday the 10th November. [...] I would like to know how your brother William is getting on and what he is doing for a living. [...] I would like to know how your brother William is getting on and also to have his address.
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Compagnie du Villas du Cap Gibraltar v. Hughes - (1884) 11 SCR 537 - 1884-06-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
The object of the society in that case, registered in 1852 under the 6 and 7 William IV. cap. 32 for the registration of Benefit Building Societies, as a benefit [...] Cependant malgré les termes restrictifs de l'acte 6 et 7, William 4 on trouve la cause de La Reine v. d'Eyncourt et al. [...] moyen de souscriptions périodiques, en vertu de I'acte 6 and 7 William 4 ch. 32, dont les dispositions sont en grands partie reproduites dans le ch. 69, Stat.
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Canada (Prime Minister) v. Khadr - 2010 SCC 3 - [2010] 1 SCR 44 - 2010-01-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Courts
II, at p. 280); Interview Summary, Exhibit “AA” to Affidavit of Lt. Cdr. William Kuebler, February 24, 2003 (J.R., vol. [...] III, at p. 289); Interview Summary, Exhibit “BB” to Affidavit of Lt. Cdr. William Kuebler, February 17, 2003 (J.R., vol. [...] III, at p. 292); Interview Summary, Exhibit “DD” to Affidavit of Lt. Cdr. William Kuebler, April 20, 2004 (J.R., vol.
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Doran v. Jewell - (1914) 49 SCR 88 - 1914-02-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Williams v. Irvine (22 Can. S.C.R. 108); Hyde v. Lindsay (29 Can. S.C.R. 99) and Colonial Sugar Refining Co. v. Irving ([1905] A.C. 369) followed. [...] Caldwell, contra, cited Williams v. Irvine[3]; Hyde v. Lindsay[4]; Colonial Sugar Refining Co. v. Irving 2. [...] ANGLIN J.—This motion is concluded adversely to the appellant by the authority of Williams v. Irvine3, and Hyde v. Lindsay4.
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Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. v. Hickman Grain Co. Ltd. - [1928] SCR 170 - 1928-02-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
Some of the cars were, by the terms of the bills of lading, consigned to Winnipeg, and the others to Fort William, but the latter, while in transit, were, by arrangement, diverted to Winnipeg. [...] Four of the cars in question were, by the terms of the bills, consigned to Winnipeg, and the others to Fort William. [...] Nor can I agree that the diversion of the grain from Fort William to Winnipeg, to be delivered to the “care of McMillan
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Roberts v. Hawkins - (1898) 29 SCR 218 - 1898-12-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
DAVID ROBERTS AND WILLIAM THOMPSON (DEFENDANTS) Appellants; And HENRY HAWKINS, ês qualité (PLAINTIFF) [...] Was said injury caused by any fault or imprudence of said Herbert William Ball, and if so, state in what the same consisted? [...] Did said Herbert William Ball persist in remaining at the spot where the accident happened, notwithstanding defendants' warning asto the danger?
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Bazley v. Curry - [1999] 2 SCR 534 - 1999-06-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
Torts
Wunnumin Lake First Nation, William Richard Blackwater et al., and Barrie Caldwell, Samuel [...] Williams, Glanville. “Vicarious Liability: Tort of the Master or of the Servant? [...] William J. Sammon, for the intervener the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Clarkson v. Tod - [1934] SCR 230 - 1934-02-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsBankruptcy and insolvency
The only part of this case that seems to have any bearing is the statement of Vaughan Williams, J., at p. 431, where he says: [...] Vaughan Williams, L.J., quotes with approval the language of Cozens-Hardy, L.J., in Bailey v. Thurston[31]. [...] and it will be seen that in the quotation from the reasons of Vaughan Williams, J., in In re Rogers, Ex parte Collins[44],
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The Accident Ins. Co. of North America v. Young - (1892) 20 SCR 280 - 1892-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
The action was brought to recover from the defendants the sum of $5000 under and by virtue of a certain policy of insurance issued by the said defendants insuring one William Wilson, against death by accident. [...] That both before and after the said accident the said William Wilson had used all due diligence for his personal safety, protection and preservation, and had. in every way complied with the clauses and conditions of the said policy of insurance» and his said accident and subsequent death were covered by the said policy; [...] That the death of the said William Wilson occurred on the thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. as alleged in the plaintiff 's declaration, but the said plaintiff wholly failed and neglected to notify the said defendants as required by the said above recited condition until long after the death
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Non-Marine Underwriters, Lloyd's of London v. Scalera - 2000 SCC 24 - [2000] 1 SCR 551 - 2000-05-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
Torts
As stated in Williams, at p. 424: Does the fact that Williams, the victim, was an adult distinguish this case? [...] This leaves the defendant with two alternatives discussed in Williams, supra. [...] Does the fact that Williams, the victim, was an adult distinguish this case?
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R. v. Brown - 2002 SCC 32 - [2002] 2 SCR 185 - 2002-03-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
42 While Martin J.A. found that such circumstances did not exist in Williams, he did not disagree with the proposition that the rules of evidence might be relaxed in certain circumstances where necessary to provide a fair trial. [...] 116 The idea that courts maintain the discretion to relax the rules of evidence when an accused’s innocence is at stake has its roots in Williams. [...] The rule in Khan does not address the need expressed in Williams for a relaxation of rules of exclusion when innocence is at stake.
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Lahay v. Brown - [1958] SCR 240 - 1958-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
May Adelene Brown, Executrix of the Estate of William Eli Brown and the said May Adelene Brown (Defendant) Respondent. [...] The plaintiff was for many years housekeeper and nurse to Dr. William Eli Brown. [...] one-third of the residue of the estate of the late William Eli Brown does not discharge in whole or in part the debt of $10,950 for which judgment was given in her favour.
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Dufesne v. Dixon - (1889) 16 SCR 596 - 1889-04-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
On the 19th of November 1874 respondent sold this lot of land to William A. Campbell, Joseph Moise Dufresne and Siméon Pagnuelo, who acquired the same, jointly and severally, for the sum of $7,000.00, on which she received $3,000.00, in cash, said purchasers binding themselves to pay the balance of $4000 00, with interest, [...] On the same day (1st August, 1877) that the said Siméon Pagnuelo thus sold his rights in the said lot of land respondent by another deed executed between her and the said William A. Campbell, agreed to reduce in his favor the said balance of $4000 00 to the sum of $3,000.00 of which last amount the lot of land was to remain [...] Subsequently, on the 22nd April, 1879, William A. Campbell being unable to pay the balance of $3,000.00, and wishing to relieve himself, as well as Dufresne and Pagnuelo, from their liability for said amount, executed another deed in favor of respondent, whereby he retroceded the lot of land in question to respondent, who
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Petrie v. Petrie - [1944] SCR 246 - 1944-04-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Petrie and two of his sons, namely, the defendant William Kenneth Raymond Petrie, and James Coben Petrie (now deceased, of whose estate the plaintiff is the administratrix), on certain land which consisted of the farm of the said Thomas Petrie, the farm of the said William Kenneth Raymond Petrie and the farm of the said [...] In Boulter v. Peplow[4] Maule J., with whom Williams J. and Talfourd J. agreed, stated that "prima facie, where one of three joint-contractors who are jointly sued, pays the whole debt, he is entitled to receive contribution from the other two"; and later: "There is nothing that I can discover here, to show that these
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R. v. Cowan - 2021 SCC 45 - 2021-11-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Jason William Cowan Appellant and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] Jason William Cowan Appellant v. Her Majesty The Queen Respondent [...] Jason William Cowan Respondent Indexed as: R. v. Cowan 2021 SCC 45
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Davey et al. v. Isaac et al. - [1977] 2 SCR 897 - 1977-05-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
Paul Williams, for the Union of Ontario Indians. Bruce Clark, for Gary Potts et al. [...] people described as “Sachems or Chiefs and Principal Men of the Six Nations Indians” and King William the Fourth, under the terms of which there was surrendered to King William the Fourth a portion of the lands on the banks of the Ouse or Grand River, which had been the subject matter of the grant by King George the Third. [...] Solicitor for the Union of Ontario Indians, intervenant: Paul Williams, Toronto.
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Marsden Kooler Transport v. Pollock - [1953] 1 SCR 66 - 1952-10-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
Annie Pollock, as Administratrix of the Estate of William Bruno Pollock, Deceased (Plaintiff) Respondent. [...] This action is brought by his mother, as administratrix of his estate, on her own behalf and that of his father William [...] According to William Bruno, it would have cost him $120 a month for a man to replace his son as his assistant in carrying on his
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Stanley v. Douglas - [1952] 1 SCR 260 - 1951-10-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
Walter Douglas, Executor of the last Will and Codicil of William F. Jardine, deceased Respondent. [...] The Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island sitting in banco, set aside the judgment of Palmer J. of the Court of Probate whereby he admitted to probate in solemn form the will and codicil of the late William Faulkner Jardine, and ordered a new trial before the Probate Court. [...] William F. Jardine died January 2, 1949, and on January 5 of that year the appellants filed a caveat in the Probate Court requiring proof of the will to be made before the Court per testes or in solemn form of law.
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McGarvey v. McNally - (1908) 40 SCR 489 - 1908-06-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
William McNally, Ês Qualitê (Defendant) Respondent. 1908: June 10, 11; 1908: June 30. [...] "Mathieu J.—The plaintiff inscribed in review, from a judgment of the Superior Court (Fortin J.), rendered at Montreal 24th October, 1905, maintaining the pleas of the defendant, William McNally ês qualité, and dismissing her action, with costs. [...] The same direction is expressly given later: 'As to the balance or remainder of my estate, I give and bequeath the enjoyment and usufruct thereof to my daughter, Annie McGarvey, wife of William McNally,
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MacDougall v. The Law Society of Upper Canada - (1890) 18 SCR 203 - 1890-11-10
Supreme Court JudgmentsProfessional law
William MacDougall (Plaintiff) Appellant; and The Law Society of Upper Canada (Defendant) Respondent. [...] of Frank Macdougall & Napoleon Belcourt; that the Hon. William MacDougall had nothing whatever to do with the firm; that he had nothing to to with the firm’s business at all; that the profits of the business are shared between Mr. Belcourt and himself; that William Macdougall’s name appeared on the business card of [...] Q.—Have you William Macdougall’s permission to use it in this way? A.—In this instance, no.