Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. JAM_1755_02

Foster v Dupouy

Appeal of Blancau

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

William Foster (revived by James and Martha Spagg) v Augustine Dupouy

Case Name Long

Appeal of Margaret Blancau and Dominic Laraldi

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [275] p.295–296 (26 April 1755 – 28 July 1758)

 
PC Register Citation  

George II v.15 (1 Jan. 1754 – 31 Dec. 1755) p.379–380, 442: PC 2/104/379–380, 442

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PC Register Citation  

George II v.16 (1 Jan. 1756 – 31 Dec. 1757) p.15, 406: PC 2/105/15, 406

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PC Register Citation  

George II v.17 (1 Jan. 1758 – 21 May 1759) p.59–60, 163, 173–178, 221: PC 2/106/59–60, 163, 173–178, 221

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Colonial Courts

Chancery – 17 May and 2 Aug. 1754

Chancery – 16 Oct. 1754

Participants

Blancau (Blancan), John, merchant, of Bordeaux, deceased (husband of Margaret)

Blancau (Blancan), Margaret, of Bordeaux, appellant (widow and heiress of John)

Crymble, Mr. ___, receiver general

Dupouy (Dupony, Dupoy), Augustine, respondent

Foster, Robert

Foster, William, esquire, appellant, later deceased

Laraldi (Laralde, Larralde), Dominic, merchant, of Cape Francis in America, appellant (surviving partner of John Blancau)

MacFarlane, Alexander

Milan, Adam

Piccarere, Francis Anthony

Sibbald, John

Spagg, James, appellant (husband of Martha)

Spagg, Martha, widow, appellant (wife of James)

White, Charles

Vessels

Santa Rosa

Unnamed (ship of war)

Description

Concerning seized cargo.

Disposition

Order of Oct. 1754 affirmed; directions given for taking accounts in Chancery on the appeal of Blancau and Laraldi.

Notes

Related to another Privy Council appeal:

Dupouy v Laraldi, Blancau v Dupouy – Report No. JAM_1762_02 (APC, v.4 [471] p.527).

The appellants’ and respondent’s printed cases are summarized in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:117 (view).

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

Table of Cases (Foster v Dupouy)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s
case

Case of the appellant (James and Martha Spagg, executors of William Foster v Augustine Dupony)
Case of the appellant (Margaret Blancan and Dominick Larralde v Robert Foster, James Spagg and Martha, his wife, executors of William Foster, and Augustin Dupony)

Counsel

C. Yorke; Geo. Perrott (Foster v Dupouy)
Geo. Hay; C. Pratt (Appeal of Blancau)

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.210r–211v (Blancan v Foster. Printed/manuscript date on dorse 22 June 1758 with manuscript notes in two hands. One additional manuscript note; underlining)

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Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.216r–219v (Spagg [ex’r of Foster] v Dupony. Printed/manuscript date on dorse 22 June 1758. Extensive manuscript notes and underlining)

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Respondent’s
case

Case of the respondent (William Foster v Augustine Dupoy)
Case of the respondent (Margaret Blancau and Dominiack Laralde v Augustine Dupoy, William Foster, and Robert Foster)

Counsel

Al. Forrester; Al. Wedderburn (both cases)

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.212r–215v (Foster v Dupouy. Printed/manuscript date on dorse 22 June 1758. One manuscript note; underlining. Printed case incorporates what in other cases would be in an appendix)

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Library

Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Foster v Dupouy. Printed date on dorse 1758; June 22 added by hand; no manuscript notes)

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

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