St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Co. v R

Background to the Case # For more than a hundred years after it was enacted, the Royal Proclamation of 1763 stood as the British Crown’s most authoritative statement on Aboriginal title. But during this period the Proclamation itself received little to no scrutiny in the common law courts. This changed dramatically when the Chancery Division of the High Court of Ontario issued its decision in St. Catherine’s Milling and Lumber Co. ...