Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. BAR_1732_00

Bennett v Warren

Bennett v Warren

Barbados 

 

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John and Jane Bennett v Dr. Henry and Jane Warren

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John Bennett, Jonathan Blenman, Abel Alleyne, and Dudley Woodbridge v Dr. Henry and Jane Warren

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [269] p.367–368 (30 Nov. 1732 – 26 Nov. 1735)

 
PC Register Citation  

George II v.3 (21 July 1732 – 18 July 1734) p.76, 87–88, 110, 117, 121, 123–127, 135–136: PC 2/92/76, 87–88, 110, 117, 121, 123–127, 135–136

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PC Register Citation  

George II v.4 (1 Aug. 1734 – 23 Sept. 1736) p.74, 106, 253, 263: PC 2/93/74, 106, 253, 263

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Colonial Courts

Chancery – 10 May 1732

Chancery – 22 Dec. 1733

Participants

Alleyne, Abel, appellant (attorney for John Bennett)

Bennett (formerly Woodbridge; Willey), Jane, appellant (wife of John, widow and executrix of Dudley Woodbridge [1], widow and executrix of Edward Willey)

Bennett, John, appellant (husband of Jane)

Blenman, Jonathan, appellant (attorney for John Bennett)

Warren, Dr. Henry, respondent (husband of Jane)

Warren, Jane, respondent (wife of Henry)

Willey, Edward, merchant, deceased (husband of Jane [now Jane Bennett])

Willey, Jane – see Bennett, Jane

Woodbridge, Dudley (1), deceased (husband of Jane [now Jane Bennett])

Woodbridge, Dudley (2), appellant

Woodbridge, Jane – see Bennett, Jane

Description

First appeal: concerning a writ of ne exeat and a writ of duces tecum arising out of a dispute over possession of an estate. Second appeal: not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series.

Disposition

First appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part; second appeal sustained.

Notes

Smith (p.481) notes the Order in Council regarded as “lasting precedent in like cases.” For discussion of the case as possible precedent see Caribbeana: Containing Letters and Dissertations Together with Poetical Essays on Various Subjects and Occasions, vol. 1 (London: Printed for T. Osborne . . . , 1741) 259–263 (online).

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

Table of Cases (Bennett v Warren)


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