Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 11_1766_02

Lewis v Wilkinson

Rhode Island 

 

Case Name Short

Lewis v Wilkinson

 
Case Name Long

Robert Lewis and Ellis Lewis v Benjamin Wilkinson

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.4 [650] p.759 – 28 May 1766 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.4 (1 October 1764 – 27 August 1766) p.638–639: PC 2/111/638–639

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APC Citation 

v.4 [650] p.759 – 26 June 1767 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.5 (August 1766 – January 1768) p.322–323, 357–358: PC 2/112/322–323, 357–358

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Colonial Courts

Inferior Court – 18 June 1764

Unnamed – September 1764

Superior Court – Providence – March 1765

Participants

Lewis, Ellis, merchant, of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania

Lewis, Robert, merchant, of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania

Wilkinson, Benjamin

Description

Land (trespass and ejectment)

Disposition

Affirmed

Notes

On the action of ‘trespass and ejectment’ involved here, see Additional Research.

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

Table of Cases (Lewis v Wilkinson)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (Lewis)

Counsel

[Signed] Al. Forrester; Rd. Jackson

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36220 f.127–130 (Includes manuscript notes and in manuscript, f.134: “Robert and Ellis Lewis, Appellants. Benjamin Wilkinson, Respondent. Brief state of the Dispute and Observations of the Cases of both sides.”)

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Library

Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: Treasure – Johnson 1770m and 2nd Fl Microfilm Cabinet – AA70 (Manuscript notes limited to ‘judgment affirmed’)

Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (Wilkinson)

Counsel

[Signed] C. Yorke; J. Dunning

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36220 f.131–133 (Includes manuscript notes and in manuscript, f.134: “Robert and Ellis Lewis, Appellants. Benjamin Wilkinson, Respondent. Brief state of the Dispute and Observations of the Cases of both sides.”)

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Library

Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: Treasure – Johnson 1770m and 2nd Fl Microfilm Cabinet – AA70

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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