Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. NEV_1740_02

Woodley v Gordon

Nevis 

 

Case Name Long

John Woodley v James Gordon and William Wells

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [505] p.685 (23 Oct. 1740 – 21 May 1741)

 
PC Register Citation  

George II v.7 (1 April 1740 – 7 Aug. 1741) p.226, 248, 311, 466–467, 479–480: PC 2/96/226, 248, 311, 466–467, 479–480

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Colonial Courts

Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas

Court of Errors – 4 July 1739

Participants

Gordon, James, merchant, respondent

Wells, William, merchant, respondent

Woodley, John, merchant, appellant

Description

Action of scandal and defamation relating to “Reputation, Business and Livelyhood in the way of Consignment of Negroes . . . .”

Disposition

Appeal dismissed.

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

Table of Cases (Woodley v Gordon)


DOCUMENTATION

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