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1,001.
Heiminck v. The Municipality of the Town of Edmonton - (1898) 28 SCR 501 - 1898-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
The case was tried in the Supreme Court for the North-west Territories, District of Northern Alberta, before Scott J., who dismissed the plaintiff's action with costs and this decision was affirmed by the full court, sitting en banc, Rouleau J. dissenting. [...] As to the question of dedication, the trial judge, (Scott J.), held that the evidence was not sufficient to establish a dedication. [...] It was a question for the trial judge, (Scott J.) who distinctly held that there was no evidence of any intention to dedicate on the part of the patentee.
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Murray v. Jenkins - (1898) 28 SCR 565 - 1898-06-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
The statute of frauds cannot be relied upon by the appellant, as it has not been pleaded; Filby v. Hounsell[11], and cases there cited; Commins v. Scott[12], at page 16.
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1,003.
Ostrom v. Sills - (1898) 28 SCR 485 - 1898-05-14
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
At one time there was an occasional accession of water from an overflow, in times of freshet, of a pond situate on the corner of Albert and Scott Streets some distance to the north and west of the corner of King and Mill Streets, but this was cut off about the year 1890, by a drain constructed by the municipality.
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MacKenzie v. Building & Loan Association - (1898) 28 SCR 407 - 1898-05-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
Scott Q.C. and Allan Cassels for the respondents. McKenzie acquired the fee as assignee of the equity of redemption and thus enlarged the estate for the benefit of the mortgagee.
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Goodwin v. The Queen - (1898) 28 SCR 273 - 1898-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
See Hudson on Building Contracts (2 ed.) pp. 294, 299; Harmon v. Scott[8]; Clarke v. Murray[9]; Galbraith v. Chicago Architectural Iron Works[10]; Rousseau v. Poitras[11]; Wykcoff v. Meyers[12], at pages 145, 146; McGreevy v. The Queen (3), at page 405. [...] In Harman v. Scott[35] the contract provided for progress payments, and also that the balance of the stipulated price should be paid by the proprietor to the contractor within fourteen
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1,006.
Bank of Hamilton v. Halstead - (1897) 28 SCR 235 - 1897-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsFinancial institutions
John J. Scott for the appellant. The renewal of a note and taking of a new assignment, giving up the old assignment which was good until surrendered is clearly a “negotiating” within the meaning of the Bank Act. Bank of Hamilton v. Noye Manufacturing Co.[3] at page 637; Foster et al v. Bowes[4]. [...] Solicitors for the appellants: Scott, Lees & Hobson. Solicitors for the respondent: Gibbons, Mulkern & Harper.
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1,007.
Lewis v. Wilson - (1897) 28 SCR 207 - 1897-12-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
John J. Scott for the respondents, the W.E. Sanford Manufacturing Company. [...] Mr. Scott, who was aware of all the circumstances, had not given Mr. Wilson any further information upon the subject than I have stated, Mr. Wilson having the fullest confidence that so far as he was concerned, Mr. Scott’s assurance that he would be fully protected was all that was necessary. [...] Solicitors for the respondents, The W.E. Sanford Manufacturing Company: Scott, Lees & Hobson.
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1,008.
Williams v. Leonard & Sons - (1896) 26 SCR 406 - 1896-06-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsPriorities and hypothecs
In the case of Leask v. Scott[17], it was held that the endorsee of a bill of lading who took the same in satisfaction of a prior debt was a bonâ fide transferee for value.
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1,009.
Dinner v. Humberstone - (1896) 26 SCR 252 - 1896-05-18
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
I cannot add to what Mr. Justice Scott has said upon this point. As that learned judge says, if the appellants' contention is correct, they might have effected the same thing equally by making the payment of a single fare and admission to membership continuing only during the transit.
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1,010.
The Northern Pacific Express Company v. Martin - (1896) 26 SCR 135 - 1896-03-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsCommercial law
Scott v. Avery ([17]); Dawson v. Fitzgerald ([18]); Central Vermont v. Soper ([19]).
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1,011.
Clinch v. Pernette - (1895) 24 SCR 385 - 1895-05-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsLease
Exton v. Scott 6 Sim. 31. Fletcher v. Fletcher 4 Hare 67. [8] 1 Ridgway, P. C. 187.
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1,012.
King v. Evans - (1895) 24 SCR 356 - 1895-05-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
[19] 6 Scott N.R. 670. [20] 1 Beav. 100. [21] 3 ed. p. 618. [22] 5 Eng. ed. p. 1265.
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Town of St. Stephen v. The County of Charlotte - (1895) 24 SCR 329 - 1895-05-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsMunicipal law
sum has also been paid out for the purposes of and connected with its enforcement; all sums collected under the said Act within the town have been put into the town treasury to the credit of a special fund called the Scott Act Fund, and there now remains a balance of such fund unexpended in the treasury of the said town. [...] The question to be determined by the court is whether under the above statement of facts the town of Saint Stephen is liable to pay over to the municipality of the county of Charlotte the said balance of Scott Act funds, and if it shall be of opinion that the town is so liable then judgment is to be rendered for [...] In the treasury of the town of St. Stephen there is a sum of money collected within the town as and for fines inflicted upon persons prosecuted within the town for breach of the Canada Temperance Act which sums have been paid into the said treasury to the credit of a special fund called the Scott Act fund; it is admitted
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1,014.
British Columbia Mills Co. v. Scott - (1895) 24 SCR 702 - 1895-03-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
British Columbia Mills Co. v. Scott, (1895) 24 SCR 702 Supreme Court of Canada [...] British Columbia Mills Co. v. Scott, (1895) 24 S.C.R. 702 Date: 1895-03-11 [...] British Columbia Mills Co. v. Scott 1894: October 16; 1895: March 11.
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1,015.
In re Prohibitory Liquor Laws - (1895) 24 SCR 170 - 1895-01-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Then, if the provinces claim also a field of legislation as to that, we say it has already been taken up with the Scott Act. [...] Except for the decision of the Judicial Committee in Russell v. The Queen[77] (the Scott Act case), much might be said to favour the view that the right of the [...] It has passed the Scott Act. It has prescribed the method by which in Canada prohibition may be secured and is not any local enactment purporting to change that method or otherwise secure the desired end, for the time being inoperative, overridden by the expression of the controlling legislative will.
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1,016.
Henderson v. The Bank of Hamilton - (1894) 23 SCR 716 - 1894-10-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Solicitors for respondents: Scott, Lees & Hobson. [1] 20 Ont. App. R. 646.
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1,017.
Trent Valley Woollen Manufacturing Co. v. Oelrichs & Co. - (1894) 23 SCR 682 - 1894-10-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
The additional authorities referred to by the respondents, Bartlett v. Pentland[10]; Pearson v. Scott[11]; Bayliffe v. Butterworth[12]; Pollock v. Stables[13]; Greaves v. Legg[14]; Addison on Contracts[15]; are all to the same effect.
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1,018.
Walsh v. Trebilcock - (1894) 23 SCR 695 - 1894-10-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
See also Scott v. Brown[7]. Aylesworth Q.C. and McKillop for the respondent. [...] In Scott v. Brown[28] Lord Justice Lindley says: Ex turpi causâ non oritur actio. [...] I pass by numerous cases since; Pearce v. Brooks[43]; Rex v. Dr. Berenger[44]; Reg. v. Aspinall[45]; and refer particularly to Scott v. Brown[46] decided by the court of Appeal in August last, where the court refused to enforce a contract held to be an illegal transaction and subjecting the parties to indictment for
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1,019.
The Queen v. Cimon - (1894) 23 SCR 62 - 1894-03-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Oakes v. The City of Hakifax ([22]); Russell v. Lefrancois ([23]) and cases there cited Lash v. Meriden Britannia Co. ([24]); The Tasmania ([25]); Bank of Bengal v. Macleod ([26]); Scott v. The Phoenix Assurance Co. ([27]); Redfield v. Wickham ([28]); Cooper v. Cooper ([29]); Luke v. Magistrates of Edinburgh ([30]);
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1,020.
In Re Statutes of Manitoba relating to Education - (1894) 22 SCR 577 - 1894-02-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
Black and Scott as joint delegates to confer with the Government of Ottawa, and negotiate the terms and conditions upon which the inhabitants of Assiniboia would consent to enter confederation with the Provinces of Canada. [...] Black and Scott for Ottawa, in view of opening negotiations on the subjects of their mission with the Government at Ottawa. [...] Ritchot, Black and Scott, received on the 25th [Page 668] April, 1870, from the Hon. Mr. Howe, the then Secretary of State for the Dominion of Canada, a letter informing them that the Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George Cartier had been authorized by the Government of Canada to confer with them on the subject of their
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1,021.
The City of Vancouver v. The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. - (1894) 23 SCR 1 - 1894-02-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsStatutes
See Hardcastle on Statutes[9]; The Queen v. Scott[10]; The Queen v. Morris[11]; Galloway v. Mayor of London[12].
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1,022.
J.O. Wisner Son & Co. v. Coulthard, Scott & Co. - (1893) 22 SCR 178 - 1893-06-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsIntellectual property
J.O. Wisner Son & Co. v. Coulthard, Scott & Co., (1893) 22 SCR 178 Supreme Court of Canada [...] J.O. Wisner Son & Co. v. Coulthard, Scott & Co., (1893) 22 S.C.R. 178 [...] Coulthard, Scott & Company and Others (Defendants) Respondents. 1893: March 17, 18; 1893: June 24.
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1,023.
Prescott (Town) v. Connell - (1893) 22 SCR 147 - 1893-06-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
In the leading case of Scott v. Shepherd[32]—the Squib case—the ground of the decision was that the act of the intermediate persons who threw the squib was involuntary, unpremeditated and without distinct and independent volition, and therefore, as the act was instinctive, the actual proximate agent of the injury was not
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1,024.
Scott v. The Bank of New Brunswick - (1893) 23 SCR 277 - 1893-02-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsAgency
Scott v. The Bank of New Brunswick, (1893) 23 SCR 277 Supreme Court of Canada [...] The Scott v. The Bank of New Brunswick (1894) 23 SCR 277 Date: 1894-05-31 [...] Robert Scott (Plaintiff) Appellant And The Bank of New Brunswick (Defendant)
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1,025.
The Manitoba Free Press Company v. Martin. - (1892) 21 SCR 518 - 1892-12-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsTorts
Scott v. The Bank of New Brunswick (4). STRONG, FOURNIER and TASCHEREAU JJ. concurred in the judgment of Mr. Justice Patterson.