Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 13_1703_00

Selden v Beverley

Ballard v Beverley

Virginia 

 

Case Name Short

Selden v Beverley

Ballard v Beverley

 
Case Name Long

Samuel Selden v Robert Beverley

Francis Ballard on the demise of Samuel and Rebecca Selden v Robert Beverley

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.2 [909] p.446 – 18 November 1703 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.1 (8 March 1702 – 18 January 1704) p.459–460: PC 2/79/459–460

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APC Citation 

v.2 [909] p.446 – 23 December 1703 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.1 (8 March 1702 – 18 January 1704) p.481: PC 2/79/481

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APC Citation 

v.2 [909] p.446 – 18 January 1704 – entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.1 (8 March 1702 – 18 January 1704) p.512–513: PC 2/79/512–513

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APC Citation 

v.2 [909] p.446 – 20 January 1704 – entry 4

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.2 (20 January 1704 – 29 September 1705) p.3–4: PC 2/80/3–4

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APC Citation 

v.2 [909] p.446–447 – 3 February 1704 – entry 5

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.2 (20 January 1704 – 29 September 1705) p.48: PC 2/80/48

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APC Citation 

v.2 [909] p.447 – 10 February 1704 – entry 6

 
PC Register Citation 

Anne v.2 (20 January 1704 – 29 September 1705) p.55: PC 2/80/55

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Colonial Courts

Court of Virginia

Participants

Ballard, Francis (lessee of Samuel Selden)

Beverley, Robert

Selden, Rebecca (wife of Samuel Selden)

Selden, Samuel (husband of Rebecca Selden and lessor of Francis Ballard)

Description

Land (“proceedings . . . touching two plantations of lands” [Selden], “petition . . . of the lessee of Samuel Selden, and Rebecca his wife on behalf of himself and the said lessors, complaining of proceedings . . . touching two plantations of lands,” [Ballard])

Disposition

Council advises reversal but leaves parties at liberty to try cause again in Virginia and to appeal upon a special verdict.

Notes

On the original actions involved here, see Additional Research.

APC, v.2 [1240] p.702, notes an appeal of Robert Beverley (spelled Beverly) to which an appearance for Samuel Selden (spelled Seldon) was made. (Beverly v Seldon, Report No. 13_1715_00.) This may relate to the litigation here between these parties, but further investigation has not been made to verify that.

Beverley’s petition for writ of attaint (somewhat puzzling in this context, granted that Ballard is also complaining about the result below) is dismissed on the advice of the Attorney General. See TNA Documents.

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

Table of Cases (Selden v Beverly)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

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

TNA Document Order of reference (Beverley v Ballard) – 3 Feb. 1704 – PC 1/46/6 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [115] p.28

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TNA Document Petition (Beverley v Ballard) – no date – PC 1/46/6 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [115] p.28

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TNA Document Attorney General opinion (Beverley v Ballard) – read 10 Feb. 1704 – PC 1/46/6 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [115] p.28. Date is from dorse which references the Attorney General opinion only.

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