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Leamy v. The King - (1916) 54 SCR 143 - 1916-11-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsMaritime law
Aylen K.C. for the appellants cited Maclaren v. Attorney-General for Quebec[2]; McBean v. Carlisle[3]; Hurdman v. Thompson[4]; Attorney-General for Quebec v. Scott[5], at page 615; Watkinson v. McCoy[6]; McPheters v. Moose River Log-Driving Co.[7]; Perry v. [...] Chrysler K.C. for the respondent cited Attorney-General for British Columbia v. Attorney-General for Canada[12]; The Queen v. Moss[13], at page 328; Attorney-General for Quebec v. Scott[14], at page 612; Tanguay v. Canadian Electric Light Co.[15]; "B.N.A. Act, 1867," sec. 108, item 5, Sch. 3; and referred to "Documents [...] Scott, an engineer of respondent, in 1889, says:— Q.—It shews Leamy's Lake?
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877.
Canadian Northwestern Railway Co. v. Moore - (1916) 53 SCR 519 - 1916-06-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
ANGLIN. J.—I agree with the view of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta, stated by Mr. Justice Scott, that the provisions of section 10 of the Alberta "Evidence Act" were violated on the arbitration under review.
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878.
Piggot v. The King - (1916) 53 SCR 626 - 1916-06-19
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
W. L. Scott for the appellants referred to Letourneux v. The King[1] [...] I cannot put the construction Mr. Scott asks us to put on the word "construction" in the preceding subsection, and get out of the difficulty that way.
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879.
Canadian Northern Railway Co. v. Diplock - (1916) 53 SCR 376 - 1916-05-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
. It is the law involved in the well known squib case Scott v. Shepherd[10], that should be our guide herein subject to the qualifications to be found as the result of later development of the law resting upon the principle laid down in that case.
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880.
Attorney-General For Canada v. Giroux - (1916) 53 SCR 172 - 1916-05-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsState
Duncan Scott. Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs There is nothing in the case to explain what was done pursuant to this order, and when, if anything ever was done. [...] Duncan Scott, Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. Surrender by the Band of Montagnais Indians for whom was set apart the Reserve of the Township of Ouiatchouan, in the Province of Quebec, to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, of their lands in the Indian Reserve there, as described below, to be sold for their benefit.
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881.
Bateman v. Scott - (1916) 53 SCR 145 - 1916-03-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Bateman v. Scott, (1916) 53 SCR 145 Supreme Court of Canada Bateman v. Scott, (1916) 53 S.C.R. 145 [...] Cornelius Scott and Margaret Scott (Defendants) Respondents. 1916: February 1; 1916: March 3. [...] The plaintiff asked by his declaration that the property held by the defendant’s wife, Mrs. Margaret Scott, had always been the property of the husband, Cornelius Scott.
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882.
Re Great Northern Construction Co. / Ross v. Ross - (1916) 53 SCR 128 - 1916-03-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
G. G. Stuart K.C. for the motion, cited Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. The Department of Agriculture of Ontario[3] ; Coté v. The James Richardson Co.[4]; Robinson, Little & Co. v. Scott & Son[5].
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883.
Township of Cornwall v. Ottawa and New York Rway. Co. - (1916) 52 SCR 466 - 1916-02-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Mr. Scott: Yes, there is no dispute as to the facts. It is purely a question of law. [...] Mr. Scott: Yes, nothing turns on the question of the parties; I represent them all. [...] Solicitors for the respondents: Ewart, Scott, Maclaren & Kelly. [1] 34 Ont. L.R. 55.
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884.
Continental Oil Co. v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. - (1916) 52 SCR 605 - 1916-02-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
IDINGTON J.—I so entirely agree herein with the opinion of Chief Justice Harvey, concurred in by Mr. Justice Scott in the court of appeal, that perhaps I should say no more than express my adoption thereof.
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885.
Scheuerman v. Scheuerman - (1916) 52 SCR 625 - 1916-02-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
APPEAL from the judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta[1], whereby, on equal division of opinion among the judges, the judgment of Scott J., at the trial [2] stood affirmed. [...] It is true that as the respondent in this case does not ask to recover back the property on the ground only that it was property transferred for an illegal purpose which has not been carried out his position is not entirely the same as the position of the plaintiffs referred to in the judgment of Mr. Justice Scott.
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886.
Singer v. Singer - (1916) 52 SCR 447 - 1916-02-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
But there are, no doubt, other authorities in which the contrary has been held, e.g., Scott v. Key[16]; Woods v. Woods[17]; Longmore v. Elcum[18].
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887.
Dominion Fire Co. v. Nakata - (1915) 52 SCR 294 - 1915-12-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
In Scott, v. Brown[5], at page 728, Lindley L.J. said:— Ex turpi causâ non oritur actio.
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888.
In Re Muir Estate - (1915) 51 SCR 428 - 1915-05-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Giving to the words “coming to the hands” their widest signification (Batten, Proffitt & Scott v. Dartmouth Harbour Commissioners[30]), having regard to the terms of section 15, it would seem to be at least arguable that the personal liability of the executor or administrator was confined to duties payable in respect of
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889.
Peacock v. Wilkinson - (1915) 51 SCR 319 - 1915-03-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsSecurities
Solicitors for the respondents: Embury, Scott & Mc-Kinnon. [1] 7 West.
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890.
Shajoo Ram v. The King - (1915) 51 SCR 392 - 1915-03-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
W. L. Scott for the appellant. J. A. Ritchie for the respondent. THE CHIEF JUSTICE.—This appeal should be dismissed.
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891.
Prevost v. Bedard - (1915) 51 SCR 149 - 1915-02-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The efficacy of illegality as an answer to the action has been recognized in Quebec in many cases, for example, in Ferguson v. Scott[12], where purchase money stipulated in a transaction arising out of a lottery was held to be non-recoverable.
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892.
Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Hepworth Silica Pressed Brick Co. - (1915) 51 SCR 81 - 1915-02-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
“(Signed) D’Arcy Scott, “Assistant Chief Commissioner, “Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada.” [...] (Signed) D’Arcy Scott, Assistant Chief Commissioner, Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada.
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893.
Montreal Tramways Co. v. Lachine, Jacques-Cartier and Maisonneuve Ry. Co. - (1914) 50 SCR 84 - 1914-06-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
D’Arcy Scott, Assistant Chief Commissioner Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada. [...] D’Arcy Scott, Asst. Chief Commissioner. S. J. McLean, Commissioner. [...] (Sgd.) D’Arcy Scott, Assistant Chief Commissioner Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada.
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894.
The King v. Trudel - (1914) 49 SCR 501 - 1914-03-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsExpropriation
I do not think that such evidence can be taken into consideration in the face of that given by Tessier, Scott and others.
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895.
Magdall v. The King - [1921] 62 SCR 88 - 1914-02-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
W. L. Scott for the respondent. THE CHIEF JUSTICE.—This was an appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta which, on an equal division of opinion, refused to quash a conviction against the appellant prisoner under section 212 of the Criminal Code for having, under promise of marriage, [...] After hearing Mr. O'Connor, counsel for the appellant, on the question of corroboration, we were unanimously of the opinion that there was sufficient evidence of corroboration, and Mr. Scott was not called on to reply on that point.
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896.
Western Canada Power Co. v. Velasky - (1914) 49 SCR 423 - 1914-02-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Marney v. Scott ( (1899) 1 Q.B. 986) ; Indermaur v. Dames (L.R. 2 C.P. 311), and Lucy v. Bawden ((1914) 2 K.B. 318), referred to. [...] I fail to see the slightest resemblance in all this to the invitation to stevedores, which was in question in Marney v. Scott[2], so much relied upon.
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897.
Doran v. Jewell - (1914) 49 SCR 88 - 1914-02-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
W.L. Scott for the motion referred to Couture v. Bouchard[1], and attempted to distinguish Colonial Sugar Refining Co. v. Irving[2]
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898.
Frith v. Alliance Investment Co. - (1914) 49 SCR 384 - 1914-01-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
he accepted, as did Mr. Justice Scott and Mr. Justice Simmons, "the findings of fact adverse to the plaintiff."
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899.
Stephenson v. Gold Medal Furniture Mfg. Co. - (1913) 48 SCR 497 - 1913-10-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
W. L. Scott, contra, distinguished the cases cited in support of the motion, and relied upon Ex parte Moore[5] to shew that the judgment appealed from was a final judgment in regard to Tena Stephenson and that, without any further action by the court, [...] the meaning of the “Supreme Court Act,” as it stood when this appeal was taken, the case of The Rural Municipality of Morris v. The London and Canadian Loan and Agency Co.[8] seems to cover the exact contention set up by Mr. Scott in resisting the motion to quash herein which, it seems to me, must prevail with costs.
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Denman v. Clover Bar Coal Co. - (1913) 48 SCR 318 - 1913-10-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
W. L. Scott, for respondents, moved to quash the appeal, for want of jurisdiction on the ground that the judgment appealed from, though final in regard to some of the issues, left other issues undecided upon the reference to the master for taking accounts and assessment of damages. [...] At the same time, in case it was held that there was jurisdiction, Mr. Scott moved for an order giving him leave to amend the cross-appeal by the respondents on their counterclaim against the appellant. [...] J. H. Leech K.C. and W. L. Scott for the respondents. THE CHIEF JUSTICE agreed with Anglin J.