| Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 13_1760_00 |
Tabb v Edmundson Edmundson v Tabb |
Virginia |
| Case Name Short |
Tabb v Edmundson Edmundson v Tabb |
| Case Name Long |
William, Martha and Humphrey Toy Tabb v Thomas Edmundson and John Edmundson Thomas Edmundson and John Edmundson v William, Martha and Humphrey Toy Tabb |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [416] p.443 – 16 February 1760 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.256–257: PC 2/107/256–257 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [416] p.443 – 5 April 1760 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.310, 330, 347, 399: PC 2/107/310, 330, 347, 399 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [416] p.443 [416] – 12 April 1762 –entry 3 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.2 (1 January 1762 – 30 April 1763) p.203: PC 2/109/203 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [416] p.443 – 21 December 1763 – entry 4 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.3 (1 May 1763 – 30 September 1764) p.172–176, 192: PC 110/172–176, 192 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 10 April 1758 Chancery – 2 October 1758 |
Participants |
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Allaman, John (deceased son of Thomas Allaman and brother of Thomas Allaman and William Allaman) Allaman, Sarah (deceased daughter of William Allaman and Ann Allaman Tabb) Allaman, Thomas (deceased father of Judith Edmundson and John, Thomas, and William Allaman) Allaman, Thomas (deceased son of Thomas Allaman, also deceased, and brother of John Allaman and William Allaman) Allaman, Thomas (deceased son of William Allaman and Ann Allaman Tabb and grandson of Thomas Allaman) Allaman, William (deceased husband of Ann Allaman Tabb, brother of John Allaman and Thomas Allaman, son of Thomas Allaman, and father of Thomas and Sarah Allaman) Blacknall, Charles Booth, Thomas Edmundson, John, merchant, of Essex county (son of Judith Allaman Edmundson and brother of Thomas Edmundson) Edmundson, Judith Allaman (daughter of Thomas Allaman and mother of Thomas Edmundson and John Edmundson) Edmundson, Thomas, merchant, of Essex county (son of Judith Allaman Edmundson and brother of John Edmundson) Hyndman, John, merchant, of London Page, John Palmer, Charlton, gentleman, merchant, of London Tabb, Ann Allaman (widow of William Allaman; wife of John Tabb; mother of Thomas Allaman, Sarah Allaman, Humphrey Tabb, and Martha Tabb) Tabb, Humphrey Toy (son of John and Ann Allaman Tabb and brother of Martha Tabb) Tabb, John (husband of Ann Allaman Tabb) Tabb, Martha (daughter of John and Ann Allaman Tabb and sister of Humphrey Tabb) Tabb, William (relationship unclear) Whiting, Francis |
Description |
Estate dispute |
Disposition |
Chancery decrees reversed; Edmundsons’ appeal dismissed; restitution ordered |
Notes |
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Property includes slaves. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Tabb v Edmundson) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Tabb) |
| Counsel | [Signed] F. Norton; C. Ambler |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.248–249 (Includes manuscript notes) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the appellant (Edmundson as appellant in a cross-appeal) |
| Counsel | [Signed] C. Yorke; Al. Forrester |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.250–251 (Includes manuscript notes) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 15 Dec. 1763 – PC 1/50/49 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [579] p.359–360. The report is described as being on the appeal of Tabb and also upon the cross-appeal of Edmundson. |
Other Documents |
| Other Documents | See related entry (as Edmondson v Tabb) and opinion by Barradall in Barton, Virginia Colonial Decisions, 2:B359–B363, B31–B32. |
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