Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. BAR_1703_00

Knights v Hallett

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

Richard Knights v John Hallett

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [900] p.438–439 (24 April 1703 – 17 May 1703)

 
PC Register Citation  

Anne v.1 (8 March 1702 – 18 Jan. 1704) p.368, 386, 392–393: PC 2/79/368, 386, 392–393

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Colonial Courts

Court of Chancery – 18 June 1684 (two decrees) and 6 Aug. 1685

Participants

Boiss, Thomas du (attorney for Francis Bond)

Bond, Francis, esquire (attorney for Christopher Fowler, John Hallett, and Richard Hallett)

Chester, William senr. (1), deceased (father of William [2], executor of John Woodward)

Chester, William junr. (2), deceased (son and heir and executor of William [1])

Edgington, John (husband of Sarah, executor of William Chester [2])

Edgington, Sarah (wife of John, executrix of William Chester [2])

Fowler, Christopher (executor of Benjamin Knights in trust for Richard Knights)

Hallett, Col. John, respondent (executor of Benjamin Knights in trust for Richard Knights)

Hallett, Richard (executor of Benjamin Knights in trust for Richard Knights)

Knights, Benjamin, deceased

Knights, Richard, appellant

Woodward, Enoch

Woodward, John, merchant, later deceased

Description

Concerning land.

Disposition

June 1684 decrees reversed; Aug. 1685 decree confirmed.

Notes

Related to another Privy Council appeal:

Knights v Hallett – Report No. BAR_1688_01 (APC, v.2 [260] p.109–110).


DOCUMENTATION

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