Western Law Reporter (Canada) and Index-digest, Volume 17

Front Cover
Edward Betley Brown, L. S. Le Vernois, Esten Kenneth Williams
Carswell., 1911

From inside the book

Selected pages

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 600 - shew that the buyer relies on the seller's skill or judgment, and the goods are of a description which it is in the course of the seller's business to supply (whether he be the manufacturer or not), there is an implied condition that the goods shall be reasonably fit for such purpose.
Page 568 - causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring as against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time. In order to found an estoppel, a representation must
Page 570 - as against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time." Probably the latest word on the same subject is- contained in vol. 13 of Halsbury's Laws of England, published within the last few
Page 600 - are of a description which it is in the course of the seller's business to supply (whether he be the manufacturer or not), there is an implied condition that the goods shall be reasonably fit for such purpose.
Page 606 - evidence of negligence, but where the thing is shewn to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 182 - 8 Anne ch. 14 applies. It was argued on behalf of the respondent, the execution creditor, that, because that Act uses the words, " pay to the landlord of said premises all such sum or sums of money as are or shall be due for rent for the said premises.
Page 618 - if it appears to the tribunal having cognizance of the question that the voting was conducted substantially in accordance with the requirements of this Act and such particular Act, and that such non-compliance, mistake, or irregularity did not affect the result
Page 269 - lies where the complainant or defendant desires to question a conviction or order, by a magistrate under the Summary Convictions Part of the Code, on the ground " that it is erroneous in point of law or is in excess of jurisdiction :'
Page 145 - In the case of a current account, such as a banking account, there is no room for any other appropriation than that which arises from the order in which the receipts and payments take place and are carried into the account. Presumably, it is the sum first paid in that is first drawn
Page 31 - the council shall, by by-law, fix a time and place for the appointment of persons to attend at the various polling places and at the final summing up of the votes by the clerk respectively, on behalf of the persons interested in the by-law and promoting or opposing the passage thereof respectively.

Bibliographic information