Collection search - ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA VS. ROBERT PATERSON (RP) RITHET AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL (# 72 OF 1922) FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA AND JUDGMENT DATED OCT. 18, 1923 AS TO WHETHER UNDER S102 AND S109 OF HE BNA ACT, BONA VACANTIA, FOUND IN THE PROVINCE OF BC BELONGS TO THE PROVINCE OR THE DOMINION. CASE OF RITHET APPOINTED BY POWER OF A ATTORNEY TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE ASSETS OF THE BRITISH CO. COLONIAL TRUST CORP. LTD. FOUND IN BC UNDER ORDER OF LIQUIDATOR CHARLES FITCH KEMP; THE CO. WAS DISSOLVED AND KEMP DIED LEAVING NO ONE TO RECEIVE THE MONEYS COLLECTED BY RITHET, HENCE THE CLAIM BY THE FEDERAL CROWN. MEMO OF JAN. 25, 1917 ON THE CONSTITUTION OF BC BEFORE CONFEDERATION. STATUTES: BRITISH NORTH AMERICA (BNA) ACT S102, S109

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