Appeals to the Privy Council

Report No. 13_1753_03

Jones v Porter

Virginia 

Case Name Short

Jones v Porter

Case Name Long

Churchill Jones v Jane Porter

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.4 [223] p.227 – 28 November 1753 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.14 (1 April 1752 – 31 December 1753) p.524–525: PC 2/103/524–525

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APC Citation 

v.4 [223] p.227 – 25 February 1755 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.15 (1 January 1754 – 31 December 1755) p.157, 240, 312, 347–348: PC 2/104/157, 240, 312, 347–348

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Colonial Courts

General Court – 10 April 1753

Participants

Jones, Churchill, gentleman (son of Roger Jones)

Jones, Roger (father of Churchill Jones)

Porter, Francis (deceased son of Jane Porter and father of Jane Porter)

Porter, Jane (daughter of Francis Porter)

Porter, Jane (deceased mother of Francis Porter)

Description

Land in dispute in Christchurch parish south of the river Rappahannock

Disposition

Affirmed

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

Table of Cases (Jones v Porter)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s
case

Case of the appellant (Jones)

Counsel

[Signed] W. Murray; A. Hume-Campbell

 
Library

Law Library of Congress: Sir George Lee collection

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Respondent’s
case

Case of the respondent (Porter)

Counsel

[Signed] R. Henley; Al. Forrester

 
Library

Law Library of Congress: Sir George Lee collection (2 copies of the respondent’s case)

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

Not found

 

Other Documents

Other Documents

See related entry (Jones &c. v. Porters) in Barton, Virginia Colonial Decisions, 2:B93–100.