Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1755_01

Gordon v Hill

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Samuel Gordon, and William and Elizabeth Thomas v Anna Margaretta Hill (2 appeals)

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [260] p.284–285 (29 Jan. 1755 – 13 Aug. 1756)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.15 (1 Jan. 1754 – 31 Dec. 1755) p.210, 309, 349, 373: PC 2/104/210, 309, 349, 373

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.16 (1 Jan. 1756 – 31 Dec. 1757) p.55, 254–256, 266–267: PC 2/105/55, 254–256, 266–267

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 19 Oct. 1753

 
 

Chancery – 18 and 24 May 1754

 

Participants

Duncommun, John, master in Chancery

 

Gordon, Samuel, appellant (executor of Thomas Hill)

 

Hill, Anna Margaretta, respondent (widow of Thomas)

 

Hill, Thomas, deceased (husband of Anna Margaretta Hill)

 

Stott, Daniel, master in Chancery

 

Thomas, Elizabeth, appellant (wife of William)

 

Thomas, William, appellant (husband of Elizabeth, residuary legatee of Thomas Hill)

 

Description

Not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series.

Disposition

Earlier appeal dismissed with costs; later appeal affirmed and the orders of May 1754 reversed.

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

Table of Cases (Gordon v Hill)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (Samuel Gordon, and William and Elizabeth Thomas v Anna Margaretta Hill)

Counsel

W. Murray; Ro. Harley

 
Library

Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 1756; 9 July added by hand; includes manuscript notes.)

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

 

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