Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. BAR_1705_01

Burgess v Rees (?al. Ross)

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

Elizabeth Burgess and Robert Wright v Bartholomew Rees (?alias William Ross)

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [969] p.486–487 (26 April 1705 – 5 Feb. 1707)

 
PC Register Citation  

Anne v.2 (20 Jan. 1704 – 29 Sept. 1705) p.333, 377–378, 380–381, 387–388: PC 2/80/333, 377–378, 380–381, 387–388

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PC Register Citation  

Anne v.3 (11 Oct. 1705 – 29 Feb. 1708) p.261, 284, 296–297: PC 2/81/261, 284, 296–297

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Colonial Courts

Unnamed – 29 June 1704

Governor and Council – 12 Sept. 1704

Participants

Burgess, Elizabeth, widow, appellant (lessor of Robert Wright)

Cleland, Col. William

Osborne, Samuel, assistant of the Court

Rees (?al. William Ross), Bartholomew, respondent

Ross, William – see Rees, Bartholomew

Walker, Alexander, one of the Council and judge of the Court

Wright, Robert, appellant (lessee of Elizabeth Burgess)

Description

Concerning land.

Disposition

Decisions reversed.

Notes

At the beginning of the case the respondent is called William Ross in both the APC and the PC register. In the committee report, however, he is consistently called Bartholomew Rees, with no mention of a Ross ever having been involved. The initial reference to a William Ross may be a mistake, or a relationship between Ross and Rees has yet to be identified.

Participants not mentioned in the APC were added here for clarity. Information about these participants was obtained from related primary and other sources.

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

Table of Cases (Wright v Ross)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

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

TNA Document Petition of Mrs. Burgess, Order of reference and Committee report of 13 Dec. – 14 Nov. 1706 (PC 1/48/8) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [154] p.49

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TNA Document Committee report – 8 Jan. 1707 (PC 1/46/9) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [160] p.50

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