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TH
BRITISH COLOMBIA REPORTS
BEING
REPORTS OF CASES
DETERMINED IN THE
COURT OF APPEAL, SUPREME AND COUNTY COURTS
AND IN ADMIRALTY,
WITH
A TABLE OF THE CASES ARGUED
A TABLE OF THE CASES CITED
AND
A DIGEST OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS
REPORTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF
THE LAW SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
BY
E. C. SENKLER, K. C.
VOLUME XLVII.
VICTORIA, B. C.
Printed by The Colonist Printing & Publishing Company, Limited.
1934.
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the year one thousan d
nine hundred and thirty-four by the Lacs Society of British Columbia.
JUDGE S
OF THE
Court of Appeal, Supreme and
County Courts of British Columbia and in Admiralty
During the period of this Volume.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA :
THE HON. JAMES ALEXANDER MACDONALD.
JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL.
CHIEF JUSTICE
THE HON. JAMES ALEXANDER MACDONALD.
JUSTICES
THE HON. ARCHER MARTIN.
THE HON. WILLIAM ALFRED GALLIHER.
THE HON. ALBERT EDWARD McPHILLIPS.
TIIE HON. MALCOLM ARCHIBALD VIACDONALD.
THE HON. WILLIAM GARLAND ERNEST McQUARRIE.
SUPREME COURT JUDGES.
CHIEF JUSTICE:
THE HON. ALLAY MORRISON.
PUISNE JUDGES
THE HON. DENIS MURPHY.
THE HON. FRANCIS BROOKE GREGORY.
TILE EON. WILLIA_l ALEXANDER MACDONALD.
TIIE HON. DAVID ALEXANDER McDONALD .
THE HON. ALEXA\DER I\GRAM FISHER.
THE HON. HAROLD BRUCE ROBERTSON.
LOCAL JUDGE IN ADMIRALTY:
THE HON. ARCHER MARTIN.
DEPUTY LOCAL JUDGE IN ADMIRALTY
THE HON. WILLIAM ALFRED GALLIHER.
COUNTY COURT JUDGES:
His HON. PETER SECORD LAMPMAN. - Victoria
His IION. JOHN ROBERT BROWN, - - - Yale
His HON. FREDERICK CALDER, - - - Cariboo
His HON. FREDERIC WILLIAM HOWAY, - Westminster
His HON. CHARLES HOWARD BARKER, - - - Nanaimo
His HON. JOHN DONALD SWANSON, - - Yale
His HON. GEORGE HERBERT THOMPSON, - East Kootenay
His HON. HERBERT EWEN ARDEN ROBERTSON, Cariboo
His HON. JOHN CHARLES _McINTOSH, - - - Nanaimo
His HON. WALTER ALEXANDER NISBET, - West Kootenay
His HON. JOSEPH NEAI.ON ELLIS - - - Vancouver
His HON. WILLIAM EDWARD FISHER, - - Atlin
His HON. ANDREW MILLER HARPER, - - - Vancouver
His HON. CHARLES JAMES LENNOX, - - Vancouver
ATTORNEY-GENERALS:
THE HON. ROBERT HENRY POOLEY, K.C.
THE HON. GORDON McGREGOR GLAHOLM SLOAN, K.C.
TABLE OF CASES REPORTED
IN THIS VOLUME.
A PAGE
PAGE British America Timber Com-
Adair, Olive and Thomas Adair, pany Limited v. Elk River
Westminster Mortgage Cor- Timber Company Limited 161
poration Ltd. v. 1
Agnew, Bland v. 7, 379 C
Aitken, Rudd et al. v. : In re T. Cameron v. Rounsefell et al. 401
D. Jones, Deceased 439 Canada Life Assurance Coin-
Alert Logging Company Lim- pany, The v. McClellan 438
ited et al. v. Standard Marine Canadian Credit Men's Trust
Insurance Company Limited 450 Association Limited and Din-
Anderson, R. v. : R. v. Jones 473 ning v. Ingham 358
Andler at al. v. Duke at al. 28" Canadian Northern Pacific
Attorney-General of British Railway Company at al.!
Columbia, The v. Bank of Craig and Craig v. 453
Montreal 555 1 Canadian Northern Pacific
Attorney-General of British Railway Co., Kapoor Lumber
Columbia v. Kingcome Navi- Co. v. 19
gation Company Limited 114 Clegg Estate, In re. In re Tes-
tator's Family Maintenance
Act 447
B
Coca Cola Company of Canada
Bainbridge Lumber Company Limited, The, Willis v. 481
Limited, Goddard v. 390 Corporation of the City of Van-
Baker v. Tang and Mitchell. couver, The, The King v. 243
Williams v. Tang and Corporation of the City of Vic-
Mitchell 81 toria, The, The Bishop of
Bank of Montreal, The Attor- Victoria v. 264
ney-General of British Co- Corporation of the District of
lumbia v. 555 Matsqui, The v. Western
Bishop of Victoria, The v. The Power Company of Canada
Corporation of the City of Limited 335
Victoria 264 Cosens and Hemsworth, Mc-
Blake, Trueb and, Trueb v. 443 Ewan v. 142
Bland v. Agnew 7, 379 Crabbs, The King v. 293
Blue Band Navigation Com- Craig and Craig v. Canadian
pany, Limited, A Bankrupt, Northern Pacific Railway
The Trustee of the Property Company et al. 453
of v. Price Waterhouse & Co. 258 Crosbie v. Wilson and Langlois 384
vi. TABLE OF CASES REPORTED. [VOL.
D J
PAGE PAGE
Dinning, Canadian Credit Jensen v. Harrison and Van-
Men's Trust Association Lim- couver Securities Ltd. 43
ited and v. Ingham 358 Johnson, Morrison and, East
District of Matsqui, The Cor- Kootenay Ruby Company
poration of the District of v. Limited v. 214
Western Power Company of Jones, R. v. R. v. Anderson 473
Canada Limited 335 (T. D.), Deceased, In re.
Duke et al., Andler et at. v. 282 Rudd et at. v. Aitken 439
Dunlop et al., Whitworth v. 251
K
E Kapoor Lumber Co. v. Cana-
East Kootenay Ruby Company dian Northern Pacific Rail-
Limited v. Morrison and way Co. 19
Johnson 214 King, The v. The Corporation
Edgett v. Taylor et al. 191 of the City of Vancouver 243
Elk River Timber Company King, The v. Crabbs 293
Limited, British America Kingcome Navigation Company
Timber Company Limited v. 161 Limited, Attorney-General of
British Columbia v. 114
F
L
Ferguson v. Wallbridge et at. 518 Langlois, Wilson and, Crosbie v. 384
Fillmore, Haddon v. 299
Lee Fong Shee, Rex v. 205
, Standard Sausage Com-
G
pany Limited v. 411
General Accident Assurance
Leschiutta, Rex v. 407
Company of Canada, Web-
ster et at. v. 226 M
Goddard v. Bainbridge Lumber
M. , W.— and, W.— v. 468
Company Limited 390
McClellan, The Canada Life
Assurance Company v. 438
H
McDaniel v. The Vancouver
Haddon v. Fillmore 299 General Hospital 304
Harrison and Vancouver Se- McEwan v. Cosens and Hems-
curities Ltd., Jensen v. 43 worth 142
Ilemsworth, Cosens and, Mc- McKay v. McKay 241
Ewan v. 142
Mali Quon Non, Rex v. 464
Matsqui, The Corporation of
the District of v. Western
Ingham, Canadian Credit Men's Power Company of Canada
Trust Association Limited Limited 335
and Dinning v. 358 linness and Moran, Rex v. 321
Insurance Act, In i.e. In re Mitchell, Tang and, Williams v.
Morris Estate 239 Baker v. Tang and Mitchell 81
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PAGE PAGE
Moran, Minness and, Rex v. 321 Standard Sausage Company
Morris Estate, In re. In re Limited v. Lee 411
Insurance Act 239 Standard Sausage Company
Morrison and Johnson, East Limited, Proctor v. 411
Kootenay Ruby Company Strand et al., Overn v. 38
Limited v. 214 Sumas Oil & Gas Co. Ltd.,
Workmen's Compensation
0 Board v. 12
Overn v. Strand et al. 38 T
Tang and Mitchell, Williams v.
P
Baker v. Tang and Mitchell 81
Prest-O-Lite Battery Company Taylor et al., Edgett v. 191
Ltd., Standard Equipment Testator's Family Maintenance
Ltd. v. 461 Act, In re. In re Clegg Estate 447
Price Waterhouse & Co., The Trueb v. Trueb and Blake 443
Trustee of the Property of
Trustee of the Property of Blu e
Blue Band Navigation Com-
Band Navigation Company,
pany, Limited, A Bankrupt v. 258
Limited, A Bankrupt, The v.
Proctor v. Standard Sausage Price Waterhouse & Co. 258
Company Limited 411
U
R IJchiyama, Young v. 155
Rex v. Jones. Rex v. Anderson 473
V
v. Lee Fong Shee 205
Vancouver Breweries, Limited v.
v. Leschiutta 407
Vancouver Malt & Sake Brew-
v. _Mall Quon Non 464
ing Company Limited 89, 235
v. Minness and Moran 321
Vancouver, The Corporation of
Rithet Consolidated Limited v.
the City of, The King v. 243
Weight 189
Vancouver General Hospital,
Rounsefell et al., Cameron v. 401
The, McDaniel v. 304
Royal Trust Co., The v. Shim-
Vancouver Halt & Sake Brewing
min 138
Company Limited, Vancou-
Rudd et al. v. Aitken. In re T.
ver Breweries Limited v. 89, 235
D. Jones, Deceased 439
Vancouver Securities Ltd., Har-
rison and, Jensen v. 43
S
Victoria, The Bishop of v. The
Shimmin, The Royal Trust Co.
Corporation of the City of
v. 138
Victoria 264
Standard Equipment Ltd. v.
Prest-O-Lite Battery Com- W
pany Ltd. 461 W.— v. W.— and M.— 468
Standard Marine Insurance Wallbridge et al.. Ferguson v. 518
Company Limited, Alert Log- Webster et al. v. General Acci-
ging Company Limited et al. dent Assurance Company of
v. 450 Canada 226
v TABLE OF CASES REPORTED. [~'oL•
PAGE PAGE
Weight, Rithet Consolidated Williams v. Tang and Mitchell.
Limited v. 189 Baker v. Tang and Mitchell 81
Western Power Company of Willis v. The Coca Cola Com-
Canada Limited, The Cor- pany of Canada Limited 481
poration of the District of Wilson and Langlois, Crosbie v. 384
Matsqui v. 335 Workmen's Compensation Board
Westminster Mortgage Corpor- v. Sumas Oil & Gas Co. Ltd. 12
ation Ltd. v. Olive Adair and
Thomas Adair 1 Y
Whitworth v. Dunlop et al. 251 Young U-chiyania 155
TABLE OF CASES CITED
A
PAGE
Abrath v. North Eastern Ry. Co. (1883) 11 Q.B.D. 440 1 . 252
c 52 L.J., Q.B. 620
. . .. . . . . . . .
Addie (Robert) & Sons (Collieries) v.
Dumbreck (1929) A.C. 358 455, 456, 459
Admiralty Commissioners v. S. S. Volute
(1922) 1 A.C. 129 385,387
Albutt (W. J.) & Co. v. Continental
Guaranty Corporation of Canada. (1929) 41 B.C. 537 48
Alexander v. Automatic Telephone Company
(1900) 2 Ch. 56 529,545
Allcock v. Hall (1891) 1 Q.B. 444 29
Allen v. Allen (1859) 30 L.J., P. & M. 2 469
v. Allen (1894) P. 248 468
Manufacturing Co. v. Murphy (1911) 23 O.L.R. 467 93
. . . .(.S.a.m. .u.el) & Sons, Limited, In re 1 Ch. 575 369
76 L.J., Ch. 36-2 " " " ' . "'
Allen's Danforth Theatre, Re (1925) 4 D.L.R. 556 3
Allis-Chalmers Co. v. Fidelity and Deposit
Co. of Maryland (1916) 114 L.T. 433 171
Alma Spinning Co., In re The (1880) 50 L.J., Ch. 167 343
Anderson Estate. In re (1928) 2 W.W.R. 365 139
I 3 W.W.R. 620
v. Johnston (1918) 11 Sask. L.R. 478 254
30 Can. C.C. 268
22 B.C. 218
(R. B. ) & Son v. Dawber (19155) 9 W.W.R. 511 17, 232
32 W.L.R. 841J
Andler v. Duke (1933 ) 473 BW.C.W. 2.R8.2 26 5 438
Arnison v. Smith (1889) 40 Ch. D. 567 396
Ashmore v. Trans-Canada Finance Corp. 1 3 D.L.R. 488 45
Ltd 4 D.L.R. 982
Assiniboia v. Suburban Rapid Transit Co.
(1931) 2 D.L.R. 862 343,348
Associated Growers of B.C. v. Edmunds
(1926) 36 B.C. 413 343
2 Q.B. 500
Atlas Metal Company v. Miller (1898) {- 67 L.J., Q.B. 815 '451, 452
Attorney-General v. Corporation of Bir
mingham (1880) 15 Ch. D. 423 396
Attorney-General v. Hackney Borough
Council (1917) 87 L.J., Ch. 122 342, 342,348
Attorney-General v. Heartwell (1764) It 27 AEm.Rb.. 2 49581 } 139
v. Long Eaton Urban
Council (1914) 2 Ch. 251 343,354
S.C.R. 185
Attorney-General for B.C. v. Canadian A.C. 934 .118, 122, 125, 133, 413
Pacific Ry. Co (1927) }l 96 L.J., P.C. 149 J
Attorney-General for British Columbia v.
The Attorney-General for Canada (1924) 93 L.J., P.C. 129 136
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PAGE
Attorney-General for British Columbia V. A.C. 357 117, 120,131
Macdonald Murphy Lumber Co. (1930) 99 L.J., P.C. 113
Attorney-General for Canada v. Attorney{-
General for Ontario, Quebec, and Nova
Scotia (1897) 67 L.J., P.C. 90 120
Atntoeryn-eGye-nGeeranle froarl fCoarn Madaan itoba v. (A19tt2o5r)- ft 94 LA..JC.., 5P6.1C. 146 J 118, 125,126
Attorney-General for Manitoba v. j (192S) 98 L.J., P.C. 65 430
Attorney-General for Canada . . j (1929) A.C. 260 .
Attorney-General for Ontario v. Attorney- 1 A.C. 598 430
General for Canada (1916) 1 114 L.T. 774 j .. .. ..
Attorney-General for Ontario v. Attorney-
General for the Dominion (1896) A.C. 348 126, 429, 430
Attorney-General for Ontario v. Hamilton
Street Railway (1903 ) A.C. 524 414, 424,435
Attorney-General for Ontario v. Recipro- 93 L.J., P.C. 137 , , 120, 413
cal Insurers (1924) A.C. 328 j
Attorney-General for Quebec v. Queen In-
surance Company (1878) 3 App. Cas. 1090 117, 120
Attorney-General for Quebec v. Reed j 54 L.J., P.C. 12 , ,112266,,301
(1884) 2 10 App. Cas. 141 j . . . - `
Attorney-General of British Columbia, The
v . The Attorney-General for Ca(1n9a2d2a) 64 S.C.R. 377 116, 120
Attorney-General of Canada v. Attorney-
General of Ontario (1897 ) 67 L.J., P.C. 17 117
Attorney-General of C mmonwealth of Aus-
tralia v. Adelaide SG,1mship Co (1913) 83 L.J., P.C. 84 94, 112
Attorney-General of U .uutoha v. Manitoba
Licence Holders' Association (1902) A.C. 73 126
Attorney-General of \ ew South Wales v.
Collector of Customs for New South
Wales (1908) 5 C.L.R. 818 116, 120, 135
Attorney-General of Southern Nigeria v.
John Holt and Company (Liverpool),
Limited (1915 ) A.C. 599 347,366
Attwood v. Lamont (1920) 3 K.B. 571 93, 99
Augustino v. Canadian Northwestern Ry.
Co (1928) 1 W.W.R. 481 7
Austen v. Boys (1857) { 2543 BEe.Ray. .4 58988 402n.
Avery v. Andrews (18821) 51 L.J., Ch. 414 194
Aylett v. Jewel (1779) 2 W. B1. 1299 326
B
Baillie v. Oriental Telephone and Electric
Company, Limited (1915) 1 Ch. 503 531
Ball v. Royal Bank of Canada (1915) 52 S.C.R. 254 45
Ballard v. North British Railway Co.
(1923) S.C. (H.L.) 43 484
Banbury v. Bank of Montreal (1918) A.C. 626 59
Bank of B.C. v. Trapp (1900) 7 B.C. 354 259,261
Hamilton v. Hartery (1919) 58 S.C.R. 338 14
56 L.J., P.C. 87 116. 118, 119, 122, 126,
Toronto v. Lambe (1887) 12 App. Cas. 575 127, 128, 130, 131, 301
of United States v. Ross - . (1932) S.C.R. 150 95,108
Barclay, Ex parte; Re Joyce (1874) 43 L.J., Bk. 137 360
Bargate v. Shortridge (1855) 5 H.L. Cas. 297 96
Barker v. Herbert (1911) 2 K.B. 633 23
Barnett v. Cohen (1921) 2 K.B. 461 459,460
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PAGE
Barrett v. Irvine (1907) 2 I.R. 462 44
Barrie v. Minturn (1913) A.C. 584 91
Barron v. Potter (1914) 1 Ch. 895 95
Bates v. Batey & Co., Limited (1913) 3 K.B. 351 504
B.C. Land and Investment Agency, Ltd. v.
Ellis (1898) 6 B.C. 82 91
Beatty v. Mathewson (1908) 40 S.C.R. 557 172
Beauchamp v. Savory (1921) 30 B.C. 429 306
Beaven v. Fell (1895) 4 B.C. 334 259
Belanger v. Menard (1896) 27 Ont. 209 44
Bellamy v. Debenham (1890) 45 Ch. D. 481 171
Bell Irving Assessment, In re (1924) 33 B.C. 49'6 266
1 K.B. 627
Berry v. Humm & Co (1915) { 84 L.J., K.B. 918 " 76, 77
Biggerstaff v. Rowatt's Wharf Limited
(18961 2 Ch. 93 108
Birrell v. Dryer (1884) 9 App. Cas. 345 259
Bishop of Victoria, The v. The City of 47 B.C. 264 332
Victoria (1933) 3 W.W.R. 332
Blake v. Newburn (1848) 5 D. & L. 601 41, 42
Blakeway v. Patteshall (1894)
Bland v. Agnew (1932) 46 B.C. 230 8
Board v. Board (1919)
of Commerce Act, 1919, and 1 (1921) 91 L.J., P.C. 40 j
the Combines and Fair Prices (1922 413, 414, 430
) 1 A.C. 191 j ' "
Act, 1919, In re The
Board of Education v. Rice (1911) A.C. 179 194
Bocalter v. Hazle (1925) 20 Sask. L.R. 96 171
Bodwell v. McNiven (1902) 5 O.L.R. 332 173
Boilard v. City of Montreal (1914) 18 D.L.R. 366 305
Bolton Partners v. Lambert (1889) 41 Ch. D. 295 154
Bonelli's Telegraph Company, In re (1871) L.R. 12 Eq. 246 92, 95, 105
Bottomley v. Bannister 1 ((11993321)) 1011 KL..JB.., 4K5.8B. 461j r~ a-
Boulter v. Kent Justices (1897) A.C. 556 194
Bourgoin v. Bourgoin (1930) 42 B.C. 349 473
Bowack (Geo.), Re (1892) 2 B.C. 216 413,425
Bowles v. Rogers (1800) 6 Ves. 95 366
Boyd v. United States (1886) 116 U.S. 616 275
Boynton v. Boynton (1879) 4 App. Cas. 733 395
Bradshaw v. British Columbia Rapid Tran-
sit Co (1926) 38 B.C. 56 306
Bray v. Ford (1896) A.C. 44 91,542
12 D.L.R. 620
Breed v. Rogers (1913) 1 32 C.J. 76, par. 631 193, 198 201
Brenner v. Toronto R.W. Co (1907) 13 O.L.R. 423 23
Brett v. Foorsen (1907) 17 Man. L.R. 241 45
Brewers and Maltsters' Association of 66 L.J., P.C. 34 1
Ontario v. Attorney-General for On- 119, 120, 126
A.C. 231
tario (1897)
Bridges v. The North London Railway
Company (1874) 43 L.J., Q.B. 151 509
Bristow v. Smyth (1885) 2 T.L.R. 36 39
Bristowe v. Needham (1842) 4 Man. & G. 906 79, 80
British America Nickel Corporation v. M.
J. O'Brien (1927) A.C. 369 530
British Columbia Electric Rway. Co. v.
Dunphy (1919) 59 S.C.R. 263 23
British Columbia Electric Railway (1915) 85 L.J., P.C. 23 I 22,385'
v. Loath 1(1916) 1 A.C. 719
British Concrete Co. v. Schelff (1921) 2 Ch. 563 92, 97