The Mystery of Privity: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada v Robinson (1915)

This article examines a little known decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada v Robinson (1915). The examination is historical and it provides a different insight into the understanding of privity of contract, a doctrine central to contract law. The examination reveals a process of trans-Atlantic legal migration in which English law was applied to resolve an Ontario case. The nature of the resolution is surprising because it appears to conflict with the better known decision of the House of Lords, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, Limited v Selfridge and Company, Limited, which a similarly constituted panel delivered in the same week. This article argues that there was a greater malleability in the resolution of cases concerned with privity than was thought to have existed. It is also argued that the power of Canadian railway capitalism is a significant factor in understanding the legal resolution of the case. Finally, it the article considers the use of English and American precedents relevant to the case. The application of English precedents to the case led to a resolution not entirely befitting Canadian conditions.

A Sorocabana Railway Company: a relação de uma empresa ferroviária privada com as diretrizes governamentais (1907-1919)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Ruby Gulch Mine

The Ruby Gulch Mine, owned and operated by the Ruby Gulch Mining Company, Zortman, Montana, is one of the most important low-grade gold producers in the state. Sit­uated in the Little Rocky Mountains, the mine has had an interesting history since its discovery shortly before the turn of the century.

Report of the Bolivia Railway Company to December 31, 1917.

Mode of access: Internet.

In re mediation proceedings between division 268 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America and the Cleveland Railway Company. Statement of the Cleveland Railway Company. June, 1918. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, general counsel.

Mode of access: Internet.

Detailed exhibits of the physical property and intangible values of the South Chicago City Railway Company as of February 1, A.D. 1908; accompanying the valuation report submitted to the Committee on Local Transportation of the Chicago City Council,

"March, 1908."

Circuit Court of the United States, district of Nebraska, the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, and the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, vs. the Union Pacific Railroad Company : in equity /

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In the Circuit Court of the United States, district of Nebraska, the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, and the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, vs. the Union Pacific Railway Company : in equity /

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The Hennepin canal. Shall the great northern and eastern water way be extended to the upper Mississippi? Speech ... in the House of representatives ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Report to the President by the Emergency Board appointed February 8, 1945 under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act : to investigate and report in respect to the dispute between the Central of Georgia Railway Company and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. February 24, 1945.

Signed: H. Nathan Swaim, chairman, Ridgley P. Melvin, Russell Wolfe.

By-laws and organization for conducting the business of the Allegheny Valley Railway Company /

"To take effect February 29th, 1892."

The Milwaukee Street Railway Company to Central Trust Company of New York : mortgage or deed of trust.

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Three combinations: the story of the formation of the Southern Railway Company.

Mode of access: Internet.