Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. BAR_1709_01

Gilligan v Crowe (2 appeals)

Crowe v Matson

Crowe v Gilligan

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

Manuel Manasses and Butler Gilligan v Mitford and Oriana Crowe (2 appeals)

 
Case Name Long

Mitford and Oriana Crowe v Smithell and Ann Matson, and Rebecca Butler

 
Case Name Long

Mitford and Oriana Crowe v Manuel Manasses and Butler Gilligan

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [1080] p.593–596 (27 Jan. 1709 – 31 March 1718)

 
  PC Register Citation

Anne v.4 (5 March 1708 – 31 May 1710) p.248, 262, 277, 288–289, 305, 314, 324–325, 368: PC 2/82/248, 262, 277, 288–289, 305, 314, 324–325, 368

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  PC Register Citation

Anne v.5 (2 June 1710 – 28 July 1712) p.315, 353, 355–356, 380–381, 387–388: PC 2/83/315, 353, 355–356, 380–381, 387–388

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  PC Register Citation

Anne v.6 (18 Aug. 1712 – 31 July 1714) p.109, 236, 251–252, 267–268: PC 2/84/109, 236, 251–252, 267–268

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  PC Register Citation

George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 Aug. 1720) p.104, 125, 128: PC 2/86/104, 125, 128

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Unnamed – July 1704 (Gilligan v Crowe)

 
 

Unnamed – 1 Oct. 1707 (Gilligan v Crowe)

 
 

Court of Common Pleas – 15 Sep. 1710 (Crowe v Matson)

 
 

Governor and Council – 20 Feb. 1711 (Crowe v Matson)

 
 

Chancery Court – 11 June 1712

 

Participants

Butler, Rebecca, spinster, respondent

 

Chamberlain, Butler – see Gilligan, Butler

 

Chamberlain, Edward, deceased

 

Chamberlain, Oriana – see Crowe, Oriana

 

Chamberlain, Sir Willoughby, deceased

 

Crowe, Mitford, esquire, respondent/appellant (husband of Oriana)

 

Crowe (formerly Chamberlain), Dame Oriana ([Uriana]), respondent/appellant, later deceased (wife of Mitford, widow and executrix of Willoughby Chamberlain)

 

Gilligan (née Chamberlain), Butler, appellant/respondent (wife of Manuel Manasses Gilligan, daughter of Edward Chamberlain)

 

Gilligan, Manuel Manasses, appellant/respondent (husband of Butler)

 

Matson, Anne, respondent (wife of Smithell)

 

Matson, Smithell, respondent (husband of Anne)

 

Description

Land/inheritance, annuity.

Disposition

Judgment of 1704 affirmed; decrees of 1707, 1710, and 1711 reversed; judgment of 1712 reversed; final appeal dismissed and verdict upheld.

Notes

Related to other Privy Council appeals:

Mackaskell v Robinson – Report No. BAR_1708_02 (APC, v.2 [1073] p.571)

Crowe v Ramsey – Report No. BAR_1707_01 (APC, v.2 [1013] p.511–512)

Crow v Chamberlain – Report No. BAR_1711_02 (APC, v.2 [1154] p.657)

Gilligan v Ramsey – Report No. BAR_1718_01 (APC, v.2 [1290] p.737–738).

 

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

Table of Cases (Gilligan v Crowe)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

 

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