Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. JAM_1759_01

Blake v Paterson

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Hannah Blake v Alexander Paterson

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [372] p.400 (19 Jan. 1759 – 29 March 1759)

 
PC Register Citation  

George II v.17 (1 Jan. 1758 – 21 May 1759) p.260, 329, 389, 402–403, 453–454: PC 2/106/260, 329, 389, 402–403, 453–454

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Colonial Courts

Chancery – 31 March 1758

Participants

Blake, Hannah, widow, appellant

Paterson, Alexander, respondent

Description

Accounting for salary and disbursements as overseer of an estate.

Disposition

Decree reversed, bill against appellant dismissed with costs.

Notes

The appellant’s and respondent’s printed cases are summarized, with an additional footnote about the appellant, 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), 6:155 (view).


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s
case

Case of the appellant (Hannah Blake v Alexander Paterson)

Counsel

R. Wilbraham; A. Forrester

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.11r–14v (Manuscript date on dorse 8 March 1759; includes manuscript notes)

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Respondent’s
case

Case of the respondent (Hannah Blake v Alexander Paterson)

Counsel

C. Pratt; C. Yorke

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.15r–16v (Printed date on the dorse 8 March 1759; includes manuscript notes)

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

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