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in March 1937 and evidence was given that Millar had sent for the books to be delivered to his office. However, a search of his office, home and the company did not turn up the books, according to his associate
Charles Kemp. O'Keefe was suspended from brewing "strong beer" during the dispute, until it provided the books to the commission. O'Keefe offered a reward for the return of the books and continued with its other activities. In May 1927, O'Keefe appealed for a reinstatement of its licence. F. H. Phippen, the president of the company testified that Millar, the president of O'Keefe in October 1926, did not want to give up the books to the commission and proposed an injunction. Phippen was in favour of giving up the books to the commission. Phippen described Millar as "a lawyer and an honourable man", and that he had only thought that Millar had put them away for safekeeping.
249:-winning horse Tartarean. At the time of his death, he owned seven horses, including Troutlet, which went on to win the 1927 King's Plate, under different ownership. By then the executors of his Millar estate had sold his horses including Troutlet. In the 1910s, Millar had planned to build a racetrack in
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Though highly successful in the law and in his investments, Millar was known for his love of jokes and pranks which played on people's greed. One favourite was to leave money on a sidewalk and watch from a hiding place as passers-by furtively pocketed it. As a law student, Millar was jilted once by a
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Millar died in his law office in the Crown Life
Building at Yonge and Colborne Streets on October 31, 1926, of a stroke. He was discussing a case with Charles Kemp, a law associate, when he collapsed. Millar died before a doctor could arrive. Millar was buried in the family plot in Aylmer. He had not
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Most of this prize was shared by four
Toronto women who each had nine children, receiving $ 110,000 each, although three of the four had to pay back to the City of Toronto relief money they had collected. The estate also paid $ 12,500 each to two women with dubious claims to a share in the prize so
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The tenth and final clause of his will was the largest. It required that the balance of Millar's estate was to be converted to cash ten years after his death and given to the
Toronto woman who gave birth to the most children in that time. In the event of a tie, the bequest would be divided equally.
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Abe Orpen, when informed about his mention in Millar's will, discussed his working relationship with Millar over many transactions. According to Orpen, the two always made verbal agreements, never on paper. Orpen distrusted Millar, who would always look for some loophole in a contract, though never
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His death coincided with the disappearance of several books of accounting of O'Keefe
Brewery. At the time the government of Canada contended that O'Keefe was $ 175,000 in arrears on sales taxes. The claim had been made to O'Keefe earlier in October 1926. The Royal Customs Commission held an inquiry
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The bequest to the
Protestant ministers of O'Keefe stock was a problem to resolve. The corporate structure of O'Keefe was such that Millar's share of the company was not in shares, but in a share of a holding company that controlled O'Keefe. He only had one actual share in the O'Keefe Brewery Ltd.
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girl of a prominent family and never had a serious relationship again. Millar was known to sleep on the veranda outside his house in all weather, to "keep himself hard". In life, he was never known to have given to any charity. The only club Millar was a member of was the
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This Will is necessarily uncommon and capricious because I have no dependents or near relations and no duty rests upon me to leave any property at my death and what I do leave is proof of my folly in gathering and retaining more than I required in my
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that turned a $ 2 investment into over $ 100,000, his estate increased drastically during the ten years, and was worth $ 568,106 when it was finally liquidated. Its value was enhanced as it accumulated during a
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MacIntyre, Lorne (October 29, 1936). "Millar
Remembered As Shrewd Lawyer, Miserly Eccentric: Man Who Began Stork Derby Had Few Friends, Great Wealth, Malicious Humor-- Never Regarded as Good Citizen".
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The 99 ministers and the 103 Orange Lodges who accepted the bequest, did so upon the sale of O'Keefe in 1928 for $ 1.35 million, in an agreement with the executors. The legatees each received $ 56.38.
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to cancel their negotiations with Millar. When Millar took the railway to court, the railway agreed to sell him 200 acres (0.81 km) of the property, which became known as the
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799:"Toronto Brewery Applies to Probe to Return License: O'Keefe Officials Tell of Unfruitful Search Made for Books: Say Detectives Baffled".
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784:"Clergymen Named in Court Motion Over Millar Will: Interpretation Sought of Curious Disposal of Brewery Shares O'Keefe Sale Affected".
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married and had no descendants and his parents had both predeceased him. His funeral was held at his home on 75 Scarborough Road in
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944:"Race Track Shares Claimed by Pastors: Ready to Take Over Bequest of Late Toronto Barrister: Proceeds for Charity".
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990:"Ruling on Stork Promised in Week: Toronto Justice Says He Will Speed Decision on $ 500,000 Maternity Will"
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700:A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850
358:Two anti-horse-racing advocates (Hon.
1189:"The Toronto 'Stork Derby' Baby Race"
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650:"A Change Advised in Racing Law".
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773:. March 24, 1937. pp. 1, 3.
513:The Canadian Encyclopedia online
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903:. December 7, 1926. p. 11.
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684:. November 3, 1926. p. 24.
21:Charles Miller (disambiguation)
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948:. October 27, 1928. p. 5.
840:"The Commonwealth: Birth Race"
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542:. November 1, 1926. p. 5.
175:In 1897, Millar purchased the
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788:. April 4, 1927. p. 13.
231:Department of Indian Affairs
1231:History of British Columbia
1184:Charles Vance Millar's will
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1092:. Movies & TV Dept.
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1032:"Fortune for Fecundity"
875:"The Great Stork Derby"
417:Supreme Court of Canada
436:as to end litigation.
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342:joint lifetime tenancy
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397:The Great Stork Derby
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1102:on February 18, 2010
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109:Charles Vance Millar
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604:Settlerseffect.ca.
1221:Lawyers in Ontario
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177:BC Express Company
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