Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. ANT_1736_02

Morris v Watkins

Antigua 

 

Case Name Long

Thomas Morris v Giles and Elizabeth Watkins

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [387] p.514–515 (24 Nov. 1736 – 12 June 1739)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.5 (1 Oct. 1736 – 4 Sept. 1738) p.21: PC 2/94/21

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.6 (1 Oct. 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.179, 186, 187–194, 210–211: PC 2/95/179, 186, 187–194, 210–211

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 11 April 1736

 

Participants

Morris, Elizabeth – see Watkins, Elizabeth

 

Morris, John, called ‘senior’, deceased (father of Elizabeth [now Elizabeth Watkins], Richard, Thomas [1], Valentine, and William; grandfather of Thomas [2])

 

Morris, Richard (son of John)

 

Morris, Thomas (1) (son of John)

 

Morris, Thomas (2), appellant (grandson of John)

 

Morris, Valentine (son of John)

 

Morris, William (son of John)

 

Watkins (née Morris), Elizabeth, respondent (wife of Giles, daughter of John Morris)

 

Watkins, Giles, respondent (husband of Elizabeth)

 

Description

Concerning the will of John Morris.

Disposition

Order upheld with six months to file exceptions.

Notes

Related to another Privy Council appeal:

Morris v Watkins – Report No. ANT_1733_02 (APC, v.3 [294] p.404–405).

 

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

Table of Cases (Morris v Watkins)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

 

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