A STUDY IN LEGAL ADMINISTRATION AND RECORDS SHARON ...

law of England, to a decree for restitution of conjugal
rïghts; and alimony, when decreed, shall continue
until the further order of the court;
1 7. The granting of relief against forfeiture for breach
of covenant to insure, where no loss has been
sustained, and where breach occurred through
accident or mistake or otherwise, without fraud or
gross negligence.
A distinctive differenœ between the Equity and Law sides of Queen's
Bench lay in the remedies at their disposal. Law could provide only "pst facton
damages, that is, compensation after the injury was committed. Equity, on the
other hand, had persuasive instruments at its disposal. lnjunctions were
employed to direct action. One type of injunction "commanded a party to refrain
from doing a particular act or thing."" A second type ordered a party to carry out
a particular action. A decree of specific performance wmmanded that "the party
guilty of a breach of contract undertake to perfom or to complete performance of
his obligation under the contractnu
The first Court of Queen's Bench opened October 8, 1872 with Chief
Justice Alexander Morris presiding. He had been appointed in July, had
travelled to Winnipeg, and was swom on August 14. Because piusne judges
McKeagney and Bétournay were not swom until December, Morris presided
over the first sitting alone. He formally closed the court on October 14, after
announcing the new Queen's Bench Rules." Morris received his commission as
Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and North-West Territories in December.
Consequently, the second sitting of Queen's Bench, in January 1873, was