Western Law Reporter (Canada) and Index-digest, Volume 32Edward Betley Brown, L. S. Le Vernois, Esten Kenneth Williams Carswell., 1915 |
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Page 46 - other subjects:— (13) Property and civil rights in the province; (14) The administration of justice in the province, including the constitution, maintenance and organization- of provincial courts, both of civil and criminal jurisdiction and including procedure in civil matters in those courts; (15) The imposition of punishment, by fine, penalty or imprisonment, for enforcing any law of the province made in
Page 715 - It is hereby .provided and agreed that this insurance as to the interest of the mortgagees only therein shall not -be invalidated by any act or neglect of the mortgagor or owner of the property insured, nor by the occupation of the premises for purposes more hazardous than are permitted by this policy,
Page 424 - Carpenter may deem requisite to the full investigation of the matters into which he is appointed to inquire," and also, " the same power to enforce the attendance of witnesses, and to compel them to give evidence, as is vested in any Court of Record in civil matters.
Page 634 - within it is gathered by the concluding words." That case went to appeal. Both in the Court of Appeal and in the House of Lords the finding of Hamilton, J., on this point was approved. While not adopting the rule as specified by Hamilton, J., no dissent was taken to his enunciation of the rule,
Page 533 - The administration of justice in the province, including the constitution, maintenance and organization of provincial courts, both of civil and criminal jurisdiction and including procedure in civil matters in those courts.
Page 375 - on Crimes is that a confession in order to be admissible, must be free and voluntary, that it must not be extracted by any sort of threats or violence nor obtained by any direct or implied promises, however slight, nor by the execution of any improper influence. It is well
Page 334 - Act cannot apply because that section clearly contemplates only a case where it is possible that the sale can be " accompanied by an immediate delivery and followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the goods and chattels sold.
Page 461 - (1891), A. C. 107, at pages 144 and 145 — that in a codification of the law we should examine the language of the statute and ask what is its natural meaning, instead of first inquiring how the law previously stood and then assuming that it was probably intended to leave it unaltered.
Page 953 - 220 of the Rural Municipalities Act provides that the council shall keep in repair all bridges, culverts and ferries and the approaches thereto. . . . And in default so to keep the same in repair shall be civilly liable for all damages sustained by any person by reason of such default.
Page 612 - Every sale made of goods and chattels, situated in the Province of Manitoba, not accompanied by an immediate delivery, followed by an actual and continued change of possession, of the goods and chattels sold, shall be in writing and such writing shall be a conveyance under the provisions of this Act;