Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. JAM_1742_03

Brown v Hyde

Hyde v Brown

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Charles and Dorothy Brown v Edmund Hyde, and Robert and Jane Hamilton

Case Name Long

Edmund Hyde v Charles and Dorothy Brown

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [547] p.727–728 (17 May 1742 – 17 Jan. 1750)

 
PC Register Citation  

George II v.8 (22 Oct. 1741 – 29 Sept. 1743) p.144–145, 404–408, 426: PC 2/97/144–145, 404–408, 426

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PC Register Citation  

George II v.11 (1 Aug. 1746 – 30 April 1748) p.110: PC 2/100/110

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PC Register Citation  

George II v.12 (1 May 1748 – 29 March 1750) p.205, 371, 385–395, 428–429: PC 2/101/205, 371, 385–395, 428–429

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Colonial Courts

Chancery – 16 Feb. and 14 July 1741 (Brown v Hyde)

Chancery – 17 and 30 Jan. 1745 (Hyde v Brown)

Participants

Adam, Patrick

Basnett, Robert

Brown, Charles, appellant/respondent (husband of Dorothy)

Brown (formerly Mitchell), Dorothy, appellant/respondent (wife of Charles, widow of Thomas Mitchell [2])

Garth, James, deceased (husband of Jane [now Jane Hamilton])

Garth, Jane – see Hamilton, Jane

Hamilton (née Mitchell, formerly Garth; Miller), Jane, respondent (wife of Robert, widow of Pancefort Miller [1] and James Garth, daughter of Thomas [1] and Frances Mitchell)

Hamilton, Robert, respondent (husband of Jane)

Hyde, Edmund, respondent/appellant (executor of Pancefort Miller [1])

Hyde, James

Maxwell, Joseph (executor of Pancefort Miller [1])

McCreagh, Dennis

Mill, Richard

Miller, Elizabeth (niece of Pancefort [1])

Miller, George (1) (brother of Pancefort [1])

Miller, George (2) (nephew of Pancefort [1])

Miller, Hester (niece of Pancefort [1])

Miller, Jane – see Hamilton, Jane

Miller, Pancefort (1), deceased (husband of Jane [now Jane Hamilton], father of Pancefort [2])

Miller, Pancefort the younger (2), minor, deceased (son of Pancefort [1])

Miller, Richard (nephew of Pancefort [1])

Miller, Thomas (brother of Pancefort [1])

Miller, William (1) (brother of Pancefort [1])

Miller, William (2) (nephew of Pancefort [1])

Mitchell, Dorothy – see Brown, Dorothy

Mitchell, Frances (wife of Thomas [1])

Mitchell, Jane – see Hamilton, Jane

Mitchell, Thomas the elder (1) (husband of Frances, father of Jane [now Jane Hamilton])

Mitchell, Thomas the younger (2), deceased (husband of Dorothy [now Dorothy Brown], legatee of Pancefort Miller [1])

Pratter, Edward (executor of Pancefort Miller [1])

Whincop, Edward

Description

Land/inheritance.

Disposition

First order reversed with liberty to amend or reply or file cross bill; on second appeal all proceedings reversed.

Notes

Related to other Privy Council appeals:

Hamilton v Richardson, Richardson v Hamilton – Report No. JAM_1744_04 (APC, v.3 [594] p.781–782)

Richardson v Hyde – Report No. JAM_1744_05 (APC, v.3 [603] p.798)

Richardson v Edlyne – Report No. JAM_1744_06 (APC, v.3 [606] p.800)

Hyde v Greenlees – Report No. JAM_1754_01 (APC, v.4 [232] p.243–244).


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