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Title: Privy Council Appeal No. 121 of 1928 [Item 5 of 7]; Case of the Attorney-General for the province of Alberta
Date of first publication: 1928
Author: The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Date first posted: July 30, 2025
Date last updated: July 30, 2025
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In the Privy Council.
No. 121 of 1928.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA.
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| In the Matter of a Reference as to the meaning of the word “persons” in Section 24 of The British North America Act, 1867. | |
| BETWEEN | |
| HENRIETTA MUIR EDWARDS, NELLIE L. McCLUNG, LOUISE C. McKINNEY, EMILY F. MURPHY and IRENE PARLBY | Appellants |
| AND | |
| THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE DOMINION OF CANADA, THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, and THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA | Respondents. |
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CASE
OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA.
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The Attorney-General for the Province of Alberta adopts and relies upon the Case of the Appellants and submits that the appeal should be allowed for the reasons therein mentioned.
J. F. LYMBURN.
N. W. ROWELL.
In the Privy Council.
No. 121 of 1928.
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| On Appeal from the Supreme Court of Canada. | |
| In the Matter of a Reference as to the meaning of the word “persons” in Section 24 of The British North America Act, 1867. | |
| between | |
| HENRIETTA MUIR EDWARDS, NELLIE L. McCLUNG, LOUISE C. McKINNEY, EMILY F. MURPHY and IRENE PARLBY | Appellants |
| and | |
| THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE DOMINION OF CANADA, THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, and THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA | Respondents. |
| ============================= | |
| CASE | |
| OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR | |
| THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA. | |
| ============================= | |
BLAKE & REDDEN,
17, Victoria Street, S.W.1.
This is one of the documents arising from this appeal to the Privy Council. All of the documents in this set were derived from images provided at
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All original spelling and punctuation have been retained.
[The end of Case of the Respondent the Attorney-General of the Province of Alberta re Privy Council Appeal No. 121 of 1928 [Item 5 of 7] by The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]