The British Columbia Reports: Being Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme and County Courts and in Admiralty and on Appeal in the Courts of Appeal, 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, Volume 2Law Society of British Columbia, 1895 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page viii - A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another ; such as the excise or customs.
Page 106 - Every objection to any indictment for any formal defect apparent on the face thereof shall be taken by demurrer or motion to quash such indictment before the jury shall be sworn, and not afterwards...
Page 306 - It shall be the duty of the adverse claimant, within thirty days after filing his claim, to commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, to determine the question of the right of possession, and prosecute the same with reasonable diligence to final judgment ; and a failure so to do shall be a waiver of his adverse claim.
Page 106 - It shall not be necessary to state any Venue in the Body of any Indictment, but the County, City, or other Jurisdiction named in the Margin thereof shall be taken to be the Venue for all the Facts stated in the Body of such Indictment...
Page xvi - The Governor General shall appoint the Judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts in each Province, except those of the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Page 231 - Upon a motion for judgment, or for a new trial, the Court may, if satisfied that it has before it all the materials necessary for finally determining the questions in dispute, or any of them, or for awarding any relief sought, give judgment accordingly...
Page 314 - ... particular place, it must be presented for payment at that place in order to render the maker liable.
Page 103 - ... no motion in arrest of judgment shall be allowed for any defect in the indictment which might have been taken advantage of by demurrer, or amended under the authority of this Act.
Page 132 - Cranworth said that it was a principle established by many preceding cases, "that when a master employs his servant in a work of danger he is bound to exercise due care in order to have his tackle and machinery in a safe and proper condition, so as to protect the servant against unnecessary risks.
Page 365 - ... however essential the establishment of particular facts may be to the soundness of a judicial decision, however it may proceed on them as established, and however binding and conclusive the decision may, as to its immediate and direct object, be, those facts are not all necessarily established conclusively between the parties, and that either may again litigate them for any other purpose as to which they may come in question; provided the immediate subject of the decision be not attempted to...