A STUDY IN LEGAL ADMINISTRATION AND RECORDS SHARON ...

have an adequate and complete remedy at law by action of
ejectment or otherwise . . . . 70
In addition Equity side was given cornmon law jurisdiction:
The said court in any suit or other proceeding
instituted on the equity side thereof shall have
jurisdiction in al1 matters which would be cognizable
in a court of law and may grant therein to any person
afl such relief and remedies as he may be entitled to;
but in case at any stage of the cause in equity, it
appears to the court or a judge thereof that the suit or
proceeding may, for any reason, be more
wnveniently, expeditiously or inexpensively carried
out or dealt with on the common law side of the court,
the court, or a judge thereof, may order the suit or
proceeding to be transferred to the common law side
of the said court as the Court or Judge thinks proper
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When a case was transferred frorn one side of the court to the other side the
administrative officer was directed to:
annex together aII the pleadings and papers filed,
and transmit the same together with the order of
transference or a copy thereof to such officer ... as
the order directs?
Through these changes each side of Queen's Bench acquired jurisdiction
originally belonging only to the other side. Each side now had improved
flexibility and each could dispense justice more equitably.
A year after the jurisdictional reforms came into effect Chief Justice
Wallbridge died. T.W. Taylor, who had been serving as puisne justice since
1883, was named to take his place. Taylor was sworn on October 22, 1887, and
was to hold the chief justiceship until his retirement in 1899? He had ben a
master in chancery in Ontario, and was known for his experience in equity