Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. ANT_1719_00

Mackinnen v de Witt

Antigua 

 

Case Name Long

Daniel Mackinnen and William Kennedy v Thomas de Witt, John de Witt, and Mary de Witt

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [1326] p.765–766 (25 Aug. 1719 – 28 Feb. 1720)

 
  PC Register Citation

George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 Aug. 1720) p.307, 381–382, 386: PC 2/86/307, 381–382, 386

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Court of Errors – 25 Aug. 1718

 
 

Court of King’s Bench and Common Pleas – 16 July 1717

 

Participants

De Witt (DeWitt), John, respondent

 

De Witt (DeWitt), Mary (Mercy), infant, respondent

 

De Witt (DeWitt), Thomas, respondent

 

Kennedy, William, appellant

 

Mackinnen, Daniel, appellant

 

Description

Concerning land.

Disposition

Court of Error judgment reversed; Court of King’s Bench and Common Pleas judgment affirmed.

References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations

Table of Cases (Mackinnen v DeWitt)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew

 
TNA Document Petition of appeal and Order of reference – 25 Aug. 1719 (PC 1/47/16) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [280] p.119.

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TNA Document Committee report – 25 Feb. 1720 (PC 1/47/16) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [293] p.121. PC 1 calls this “Leeward Islands.”

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