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Practice and procedure (1918) 59 SCR 656

Richards v. Baker

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal about a sheriff’s poundage after seizure and notice of an assignment for the benefit of creditors.

  • Seizure of goods
  • Sheriff's poundage
  • Assignment for benefit of creditors
  • Notice to sheriff
  • Withdrawal of seizure
  • Sheriff-poundage
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Banks and banking (1914) 49 SCR 394

Townsend v. Northern Crown Bank

The Supreme Court of Canada held that a carload purchaser of lumber was a “wholesale purchaser” under s. 88 of the Bank Act and that sawn lumber was a “product of the forest.”

  • Bank act s.88
  • Products of the forest
  • Wholesale purchaser
  • Registration of chattel mortgages
  • Validity of security for advances
  • Bank-act-s88
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Civil procedure (1900) 30 SCR 241

Fraser v. Drew

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from the refusal of a new trial, holding that a jury verdict on fraud would not be disturbed if reasonable on the evidence.

  • Assignment for benefit of creditors
  • Fraudulent conveyance
  • New trial
  • Jury findings
  • Appeal from provincial court
  • New-trial
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