Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. JAM_1727_01

Doe v Barrett

Barrett v Harris

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

John Doe v Thomas Barrett

Case Name Long

Thomas Barrett, in behalf of Peter Miller v Barrow Harris

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [120] p.156–157 (13 May 1727 – 5 July 1727)

 
PC Register Citation  

George I v.5 (Sept. 1724 – May 1727) p.359: PC 2/89/359

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PC Register Citation  

George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.37: PC 2/90/37

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Colonial Courts

Supreme Court of Judicature – Nov. 1724 (Doe v Barrett)

Governor and Council as a Court of Appeals – 29 Jan. 1725 (Barrett v Harris)

Governor and Council as a Court of Errors – 5 Oct. 1726 (Doe v Barrett)

Participants

Barrett, Thomas, esquire, respondent/appellant, later deceased

Doe, John, of the parish of St. John’s, Jamaica, appellant (lessee in ejectment of Barrow Harris)

Harris, Barrow (1), esquire, respondent, later deceased (lessor in ejectment of John Doe, husband of Mary, father of Barrow [2])

Harris, Barrow (2) (eldest son and heir of Barrow [1])

Harris, Edward, deceased (cousin of Peter Miller)

Harris, Mary (widow and executrix of Barrow [1])

Miller, Peter, minor, appellant (cousin and heir at law of Edward Harris)

Description

Ejectment.

Disposition

Not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series.

Notes

Smith (p.482) describes this case as a deliberate defiance by Jamaica of an established conciliar precedent.

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

Table of Cases (Doe ex dem. Harris v Barrett) (extensive discussion)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

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