The Canadian Law Times, Volume 31Carswell, 1911 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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... legislative powers of the prov- vince over the same neither were nor could be parted with , and that therefore it was ... legislation resume possession of the land itself : and thereby so derogate from its own grant as to wholly destroy ...
... legislative powers of the prov- vince over the same neither were nor could be parted with , and that therefore it was ... legislation resume possession of the land itself : and thereby so derogate from its own grant as to wholly destroy ...
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... legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada by virtue of the Act of Parliament . Be- fore the transfer they were public lands , the proprietary rights in which were held by the Crown in right of the province . After the transfer ...
... legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada by virtue of the Act of Parliament . Be- fore the transfer they were public lands , the proprietary rights in which were held by the Crown in right of the province . After the transfer ...
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... legislative struggle in pre- cisely the same way as though it had been operating under a regular charter . The service was not satisfactory to the people of the town , and in 1907 the necessary resolutions for the establishment of a ...
... legislative struggle in pre- cisely the same way as though it had been operating under a regular charter . The service was not satisfactory to the people of the town , and in 1907 the necessary resolutions for the establishment of a ...
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... legislation . The Committees of the Assembly by which this bill was dealt with declined to accede to this suggestion , but instead inserted in the bill a clause providing for a further arbitration which it was proposed to make both ...
... legislation . The Committees of the Assembly by which this bill was dealt with declined to accede to this suggestion , but instead inserted in the bill a clause providing for a further arbitration which it was proposed to make both ...
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... legislation , and to suggest that they impress on the government the propriety of passing some enactment on the line of the English Acts . If this were done and the conduct of the arbitration either had by the Public Utilities Com ...
... legislation , and to suggest that they impress on the government the propriety of passing some enactment on the line of the English Acts . If this were done and the conduct of the arbitration either had by the Public Utilities Com ...
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Page 21 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all, — to thine own self be true ; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Page 454 - England," it is declared and enacted, that no freeman may be taken or imprisoned or be disseised of his freehold or liberties, or his free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 450 - The rights of the public are not to be Ignored. It Is alleged here that the rates prescribed are unreasonable and unjust to the company and Its stockholders. But that Involves an inquiry as to what Is reasonable and Just for the public. • • • The public cannot properly be subjected to unreasonable rates In order simply that stockholders may earn dividends.
Page 456 - To none will we sell, to none will we deny, or delay, right or justice.
Page 21 - Beware Of entrance to a quarrel : but being in, Bear it that the opposer may beware of thee.
Page 824 - The requisition for extradition shall be made through the Diplomatic Agents of the High Contracting Parties respectively. The requisition for the extradition of an accused person must be accompanied by a warrant of arrest issued by the competent authority of the State requiring the extradition, and by such evidence as, according to the laws of the place where the accused is found, would justify his arrest if the crime had been committed there.
Page 941 - Where the instrument contains or a person adds to his signature words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized; but the mere addition of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, without disclosing his principal, does not exempt him from personal liability.
Page 708 - Darwin's famous proposition that "our ancestor was a hairy quadruped furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in his habits.
Page 454 - ... for proceeding by martial law may be revoked and annulled ; and that hereafter no commissions of like nature may issue forth to any person or persons whatsoever, to be executed as aforesaid, lest by colour of them any of Your Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death, contrary to the laws and franchise of the land.
Page 907 - By the general law applicable to running streams, every riparian proprietor has a right to what may be called the ordinary use of the water flowing past his land ; for instance, to the reasonable use of the water for his domestic purposes and for his cattle, and this without regard to the effect which such use may have, in case of a deficiency, upon proprietors lower down the stream.