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  • 1,051.

    Hovey v. Whiting - (1887) 14 SCR 515 - 1887-03-14

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Commercial law

    In Rose v. Scott[49] the goods in a chattel mortgage were described as:—

  • 1,052.

    Sherren v. Pearson - (1887) 14 SCR 581 - 1887-03-14

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Property law

    In Heyland v. Scott ([22]) Hagarty C.J. says: We are not prepared to hold that unenclosed woodland in this country can never be the subject of twenty years possession; if fencing and cultivation can alone constitute a possession then title to open woodland can never be acquired against the true owner..

  • 1,053.

    Shoolbred v. Union Fire Ins. Co. - (1887) 14 SCR 624 - 1887-03-14

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Commercial law

    Solicitors for respondents Scott & Walmsley: Bain, Laidlaw & Co. Solicitors for respondents the creditors: Foster, Clarke & Bowes.

  • 1,054.

    Shelburne Election Case - (1887) 14 SCR 258 - 1887-02-15

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Elections

    R. W. Scott Q.C. for appellant contended that a copy of the petition was not served in time within five days after its presentation; that the order of the honorable the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia made in chambers,

  • 1,055.

    McQueen v. The Queen - (1886) 16 SCR 1 - 1886-12-13

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Statutes

    [18] Scott v. Nixon, 3 Dr. & War. 388. [19] 17 Ves. 97. [20] Doe Duroure v. Jones, 4 T. R. 300; Cotterell v. Dutton, 4 Taun. 826; Homfray v. Scroope, 13 Q. B. 509; Rhodes v. Smethurst, 6 M. & W. 351; Skeffington v. Whitehurst, 3 Y. & C. 1; Beckford v. Wade, 17 Ves. 97.

  • 1,056.

    Beatty v. Neelon - (1886) 13 SCR 1 - 1886-11-08

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Commercial law

    Kelner v. Baxter[3]; Scott v. Lord Ebury[4]; Willmott v. Barber[5]. If the company should sue the action would be because they had not received property worth $9,500, and the shareholders guilty of the deceit would participate in the benefits of the action.

  • 1,057.

    McCarron v. McGreevy - (1886) 13 SCR 378 - 1886-05-06

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Contract

    Rly. Gas. ([2]); Scott v. Liverpool ([3]). Irvine Q.C. for respondent.

  • 1,058.

    Beatty v. North-West Transportation Co. - (1886) 12 SCR 598 - 1886-04-09

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Commercial law

    stockholders, Scott v. Depeyster[44]. All acts done by the directors officially should be for the interest of the cestuis que trust.

  • 1,059.

    Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Vogel - (1886) 11 SCR 612 - 1886-03-09

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Transportation

    The Dominion Act 34 Vic. cap. 43 sec. 5, was passed with the obvious intention of restricting the power of railway companies contracting themselves free from liability for loss however caused, which act the Ontario courts in Scott v. Great Western Ry.[18] and Allan v. Great Western Ry.[19] decided did not apply to railways

  • 1,060.

    Western Assurance Co. v. Doull - (1886) 12 SCR 446 - 1886-03-06

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Insurance

    Billington v. Provincial Ins. Co.[1]; Scott v. McGrath[2]. Greer had no authority to settle this loss, and therefore the waiver amounts to nothing.

  • 1,061.

    McLean v. Garland - (1885) 13 SCR 366 - 1885-06-23

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Priorities and hypothecs

    Solicitors for Respondent: Walker and Scott. [1] 10 Ont. App. R. 405.

  • 1,062.

    McAllister v. Forsyth - (1885) 12 SCR 1 - 1885-05-12

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Priorities and hypothecs

    [16] 6. Scott N. R. 967; 6 M. & G. 245. [17] 3 H. & C. 955. [18] 2 T. R. 594 (note).

  • 1,063.

    West Northumberland Election Case - (1885) 10 SCR 635 - 1885-03-16

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Elections

    of the name of Polkinghorne for that of Scott would make almost every word said in that case equally applicable to the present one; the Stroud case[18]; the Durham case[19]; the 2nd Taunton case[20]; the 1st Taunton case[21]; the Bewdley case[22]; the Niagara case[23]; the Cornwall case[24]; the Charlevoix case[25].

  • 1,064.

    Corporation of the City of Quebec v. Quebec Central Railway Co. - (1884) 10 SCR 563 - 1884-06-23

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Securities

    And in Earl of Shrewsbury v. Scott[14], Cockburn, C. J., says:— [Page 581]

  • 1,065.

    Jones v. Tuck - (1884) 11 SCR 197 - 1884-06-23

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Arbitration

    Thomas R. Jones, Robert T. A. Scott, and Norman Robertson (Plaintiffs)

  • 1,066.

    The Canada Southern Ry. Co. v. Phelps - (1884) 14 SCR 132 - 1884-06-23

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Torts

    It seems to me that the well known case of Scott v. Shepherd[16], though the facts are not the same, is in principle directly in point and fully establishes the liability.

  • 1,067.

    McCrae v. White - (1883) 9 SCR 22 - 1883-06-19

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Bankruptcy and insolvency

    [2] 3 Scott, 236. [3] Ex. p. Witham Re Berry, 22 Ch. D. 292. [4] 15 Grant 283.

  • 1,068.

    Smith v. Goldie - (1883) 9 SCR 46 - 1883-06-19

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Intellectual property

    [35] 8 Scott, N.R. 449. [36] 3 C.B. 97. [37] 8 C.B. 679. [38] 2 Jurist, N.S. 1083.

  • 1,069.

    Grand Junction Railway Co. v. Corporation of the County of Peterborough - (1883) 8 SCR 76 - 1883-01-11

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Municipal law

    The said by-law was drawn by Mr. W.H. Scott, the county solicitor, to the best of my recollection and belief, and after being read a   [...]  Solicitors for respondent: Scott and Edwards. [1] P. 33. [2] 83 Ill. 348.

  • 1,070.

    Monaghan v. Horn - (1882) 7 SCR 409 - 1882-06-22

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Maritime law

    Mr. Scott for appellant:— The question raised by the demurrer, and on this appeal is: 1st, whether the appellant could sue for the death of her son and consequent loss of service independently of Lord Campbell’s Act; and 2nd, if she had a right to sue, whether the Maritime Court of Ontario has jurisdiction to entertain a   [...]  Mr. Scott in reply: If the allegation in the petition as to damages resulting to plaintiff from the loss of the services of her son as servant is not sufficient, I pray for leave to amend the petition accordingly.   [...]  Solicitors for appellant: Robinson, O’Brien & Scott. Solicitor for respondent: Duncan Dougall.

  • 1,071.

    Dominion Telegraph Company. v. Silver - (1882) 10 SCR 238 - 1882-03-24

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Torts

    In Scott & Janrigan's law of Telegraphs[36], it is said: A side from the statutory and common law duty of good faith in the transmission of messages for the public, there is another sense in which telegraph companies may become responsible for mala fides and malicious use of its functions.   [...]  [39] 8 Scott, 471. [40] Brown v. Smith 13 C.B. 596; Odgers on Slander and Libel, p. 78, and cases there cited.

  • 1,072.

    Anchor Marine Insurance Co. v. Corbett - (1882) 9 SCR 73 - 1882-03-08

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Insurance

    That is entirely consistent with the case of Scott v. Avery in the House of Lords[15].   [...]  That case was followed in Scott v. Corporation of Liverpool[16], where the surveyor was to determine the amount payable, and until he had made that determination there was no sum which could be sued for.   [...]  Whether the case of Scott v. Avery[17] is to be considered as determining that such a condition precedent is valid as regards all questions, those of liability as well as of amount of damage, or whether it is only binding as to the amount of debt or damage, and is illegal as tending to oust the jurisdiction of the courts

  • 1,073.

    Grand Trunk Railway v. Fitzgerald - (1881) 5 SCR 204 - 1881-06-11

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Contract

    Mason v. Scott[3], Jervis v. Berridge[4], Harris v. G.W.R.[5], re Delaware[6].

  • 1,074.

    London Life Insurance Co. v. Wright - (1881) 5 SCR 466 - 1881-02-12

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Insurance

    Mr. Scott for respondent: If it was necessary that an amendment should be made in the pleadings by adding the equitable replication, the courts in term had ample power to make such amendment[8], and the Court of Appeal has similar powers[9].

  • 1,075.

    Ryan v. Ryan - (1881) 5 SCR 387 - 1881-02-12

    Supreme Court Judgments
    Action

    The following cases all bear on this branch of the argument:—Perry v. Henderson[2]; Quincey v. Caniff[3]; Silverthorn v. Teal[4]; Heyland v. Scott[5]; Ellis v. Crawford[6]; Moore v. Doherty[7]; Allen v. England[8], quoted in Keffer v. Keffer[9].