Laurence V. Patterson

The body politic, as it was in Nova Scotia not so long ago.

“The council of the Town of Truro does not, in my estimation, having regard for the statutes governing it, but the inhabitants of the Town of Truro do, constitute the corporation of the Town of Truro.”

Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Volume 33 (1901), The Queen Ex Rel. Laurence V. Patterson (1900)