THE

ONTARIO REPORTS,

VOLUME VI. 311

CONTAINING

REPORTS OF CASES DECIDED IN THE QUEEN'S
BENCH, CHANCERY, AND COMMON

PLEAS DIVISIONS,

OF THE

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE FOR ONTARIO

WITH A TABLE OF THE NAMES OF CASES ARGUED.

A TABLE OF THE NAMES OF CASES CITED,
AND A DIGEST OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS.

EDITOR:

CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, Q.C.,

REPORTERS:

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION...... S. J. VANKOUGHNET, Q.C.

, A. H. F. LEFROY,
CHANCERY DIVISION ....

'n Geo. A. BOOMER,
COMMON PLEAS DIVISION...... GEORGE F. HARMAN,

BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

TORONTO:
ROW SELL & HUTCHISON,

KING STREET LAST.

1885.

Entered according to the Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year of

our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, by The Law SocierY OF UPPER CANADA, in the Oifice of the Minister of Agriculture.

ROWSELL AND HUTCHISON, LAW PEINTERS, TORONTO.

· JUDGES

OF THE

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE,

DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION :
Hon. ADAM Wilson, C. J.

“ John DOUGLAS ARMOUR, J.
" John O'Connor, J.

CHANCERY DIVISION :
Hox. JOHN ALEXANDER BOYD, J.

" WILLIAM PROUDFOOT, J.
" THOMAS FERGUSON, J.

COMMON PLEAS DIVISION :
Hon. MATTHEW CROOKS CAMERON, C. J.

THOMAS GALT, J.
“ John E. ROSE, J.

Attorney-General :
The Hon. Oliver Mowat.

A TABLE

OF THE

CASES REPORTED IN THIS VOLUME.

A.
Carter, Grasett v.

584 Casner, Re

282 Agricultural Fire Ins. Co. of Water. Casner v. Haight et al

451 town, New York, Claim of, Clarke Chapman, Gardiner v.

272 v. Union Fire Ins. Co.

640 Chicago, Commercial National Bank Anthony, McLean v... 330 of, v. Corcoran ..

527 Anthony, Slater v.....

330 Clarke v. Corporation of the MuniciArmstrong v. Foster et al.

129 pality of the Town of Palmerston 616

Clarke v. Union Fire Ins. Co., Re
B.
Export Lumber Co..

223

Clarke v. Union Fire Ins. Co., Bamfield v. Corporation of the Town

McPhee's claim

635 of Niagara Falls. .

467

Clarke v. Union Fire Ins. Co., Claim Bank of Toronto v. Hall. .644, 653

of the Agricultural Fire Ins. Co.

610 Beatty v. Haldan

of Watertown New York...

715 Beatty v. North West Transportation

Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Co., (Limited) et al..

300
v. Corcoran

527 Begg v. Corporation of the Township

Cook, Robinson et al v.

590 of Southwold 184 Cooley, Card v.

229 Bench, Gough v..

699
Corcoran, Commercial National Bank

527 Black, Carling Brewing and Malting

of Chicago v. Co. v

441
Cornish, Re

259 Board of Education of Town of

Corporation of the Count; of Perth, Windsor, Dunn v. 125

195

Regina v. Brantford, Municipal Council of the

Corporation of the Municipality of

the Town of Palmerston, Clarke v. 616 City of, Croome and

188 Brodie v. Northern R. W. Co

180

Corporation of the Township of Muskoka, and the Corporation of the Vil. lage of Gravenhurst, Re,

352 C.

Corporation of the Town of Niagara
Falls, Bamfield v.

467 Cain v. Junkin et al

532 Corporation of the Town of Niagara Cameron v. Canada Fire and Marine

Falls, Law v.

467 Ins. Co....

392 Corporation of the Town of Seaforth, Campbell v. McKerricher et al. 85 Van Egmond v.

599 Campbell et al, Paradis et al. v. .... 632 Corporation of the Town of StrathCanada Fire and Marine Ins. Co., roy, McGarvey v.

138 Cameron et al. v..

392 Corporation of the Township of PemCanada Fire and Marine Ins. Co. et broke, Hewison v.

170 al., Thompson et al. v,

291 Corporation of the Township of South Canada Publishing Co. et al., Gage v, 68 wold, Begg v.

184 Canada Southern R. W. Co., and Cox et al, Mara v.

359 Municipal Corporation of the Town Cox et al, Sutherland v.

505 of Niagara Falls, Quillinan et al. v. 567 Croome and the Municipal Council Card v. Cooley

229 of the City of Brantford, Re..... 188 Carling Brewing and Malting Co. v. Culhane v. Stuart et al..

97 Black. 441 | Cummings, McKay v.

400