The Canadian Law Times, Volume 20Carswell, 1901 - Canada From 1900 to 1908 includes the "Annual digest of Canadian cases ... decided in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in the Supreme and Exchequer Courts of Canada, and in the courts of the provinces ... Edited by Edward B. Brown." |
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Page 140
... leases were not unknown , but in such cases they were purely matters of mercantile contract , instead of representing the position of lord and vassal as in England . They were entirely distinct from the cattle tenure between chief and ...
... leases were not unknown , but in such cases they were purely matters of mercantile contract , instead of representing the position of lord and vassal as in England . They were entirely distinct from the cattle tenure between chief and ...
Page 262
... the fisheries , which are the property of the Province , may be granted , leased , or ( m ) 19 O. R. 487 . ( n ) 20 O. R. 373 . ( 0 ) [ 1898 ] A. C. 700 . otherwise disposed of , and the rights which , consistently 262 CANADIAN LAW TIMES .
... the fisheries , which are the property of the Province , may be granted , leased , or ( m ) 19 O. R. 487 . ( n ) 20 O. R. 373 . ( 0 ) [ 1898 ] A. C. 700 . otherwise disposed of , and the rights which , consistently 262 CANADIAN LAW TIMES .
Page 286
... lease ( v ) , is sufficiently proven by the conduct of the person entitled to the easement . Where this is not the case , how- ever , acts of the owner of the servient tenement , done upon the faith of an abandonment , not unreasonably ...
... lease ( v ) , is sufficiently proven by the conduct of the person entitled to the easement . Where this is not the case , how- ever , acts of the owner of the servient tenement , done upon the faith of an abandonment , not unreasonably ...
Page 327
... leased on recognizance to give evidence . Section 679 deals with the subject of a witness being out of the jurisdiction of the Court , but in another province . A new section is added , by 1900 , c . 46 , declaring that the Courts of ...
... leased on recognizance to give evidence . Section 679 deals with the subject of a witness being out of the jurisdiction of the Court , but in another province . A new section is added , by 1900 , c . 46 , declaring that the Courts of ...
Page 359
... plight as the wood was at the time of the lease , and afterwards the trees are blown down by ance . ( a ) 15 C. B. 619 . ( b ) 1 Coke at p . 98 . tempest , he is discharged of his covenant , quia WHEN THE IMPOSSIBLE EXCUSES . 359.
... plight as the wood was at the time of the lease , and afterwards the trees are blown down by ance . ( a ) 15 C. B. 619 . ( b ) 1 Coke at p . 98 . tempest , he is discharged of his covenant , quia WHEN THE IMPOSSIBLE EXCUSES . 359.
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Page 203 - That for the sure and true interpretation of all statutes in general (be they penal or beneficial, restrictive or enlarging of the common law), four things are to be discerned and considered.
Page 63 - Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.
Page 239 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 194 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
Page 4 - And this is a politic establishment, contrived by the policy of the law for the safety of all persons the necessity of whose affairs oblige them to trust these sorts of persons, that they may be safe in their ways of dealing...
Page 63 - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it; and if it does convince him, why then, sir, you are wrong and he is right.
Page 363 - The principle seems to us to be that in contracts in which the performance depends on the continued existence of a given person or thing, a condition is implied, that the impossibility arising from the perishing of the person or thing shall excuse the performance.
Page 102 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 205 - That in every case of any clerk in holy orders of the United Church of England and Ireland, who may be charged with any offence against the laws ecclesiastical, or concerning whom there may exist scandal or evil report as having offended against the said laws, it shall be lawful...
Page 159 - Territories or to sell or dispose of the same with intent to defraud his creditors generally or the plaintiff in particular...