Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 11_1765_02

Shearman v Cornell

Rhode Island 

 

Case Name Short

Shearman v Cornell

 
Case Name Long

Thomas Shearman v Gideon Cornell

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.4 [603] p.718 – 22 April 1765 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.4 (1 October 1764 – 27 August 1766) p.179: PC 2/111/179

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APC Citation 

v.4 [603] p.718 – 26 June 1767 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.5 (August 1766 – January 1768) p.315–317, 356: PC 2/112/315–317, 356

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Colonial Courts

Unnamed – 21 May 1763

Superior Court – March 1764

Participants

Cornell, Gideon

Nicholls, Benjamin

Shearman, Ann (wife of Thomas Shearman)

Shearman, Thomas of Portsmouth (husband of Ann Shearman)

Wanton, Joseph

Description

Land in Newport, to which Bilder, Salamanders and Sons of God, p.506 n.3, adds the issue of paper currency and mortgage

Disposition

Reversed

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

Table of Cases (Shearman v Cornell)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of appellant (Shearman)

Counsel

[Signed] C. Yorke; Al. Forrester

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36220 f.115–116 (Includes manuscript notes)

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Respondent’s case

Case of respondent (Cornell)

Note

Not found

 

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

TNA Document Committee report – 10 June 1767 – PC 1/53/60 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [761] p.453–454

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