| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. ANT_1739_03 |
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Antigua |
| Case Name Long |
Lucy Chester Park v Charles Dunbar, as lessor of the nominal plaintiff John Doe | |
| Case Name Long |
Lucy Chester Park v Charles Dunbar |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.3 [482] p.656 (22 Nov. 1739 – 6 Dec. 1740) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.6 (1 Oct. 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.418–419: PC 2/95/418–419 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.7 (1 April 1740 – 7 Aug. 1741) p.9, 117, 131, 132–134, 156, 226, 229, 256, 268–290, 304: PC 2/96/9, 117, 131, 132–134, 156, 226, 229, 256, 268–290, 304 |
Colonial Courts |
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Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas – 30 May 1738 Governor and Council as a Court of Errors – 13 Nov. 1738 Chancery – 21 Sept. 1739 |
Participants |
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Chester, Lucy – see Park, Lucy Chester |
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Doe, John (lessee of Charles Dunbar) |
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Dunbar, Charles, respondent (lessor of John Doe) |
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Gamble, George |
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Mackinnon, William |
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Park (Parke), Daniel, former governor of Antigua, deceased |
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Park (Parke), Lucy Chester, widow, appellant |
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Park, Thomas Dunbar, deceased |
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Sydseife, Walter |
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Warner, Ashton |
Description |
Ejectment (first appeal); debt due (second appeal). |
Disposition |
First appeal dismissed; order varied the decree of the Antigua Chancery in the second appeal. |
Notes |
Related to another Privy Council appeal: The appellant’s and respondent’s printed cases are summarized in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:118-119 (view). |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Lucy Chester Parke v Charles Dunbar and John Doe) |
| Counsel | Fran. Chute; W. Murray |
| Library | The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University: bD740.D898L (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 1 July 1740 with manuscript note: “Ord’d. That the Judgm’t given by the Court of Errors on the 13th of Nov 1738 be Affirmed and the Appeal of Lucy Chester Parke Dismist.” No other manuscript notes or underlining) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (John Doe ex dem. Charles Dunbar v Lucy Chester Parke; Lucy Chester Parke v Charles Dunbar) |
| Counsel | D. Ryder; J. Strange |
| Library | The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University: bD740.D898j (Printed date on dorse 26 June 1740. No manuscript notes or underlining) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |
Other Documents |
| Other Documents | For additional background on this appeal and George Washington’s relationship to the matter, see “I. Queries to John Mercer, 20 April 1759,” in National Archives, Founders Online, last visited 3/1/2017. (Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series. 6: 4 September 1758–26 December 1760, ed. W. W. Abbot [Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988] p.210–213.) | ||
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