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| Appeals to the Privy Council from the Caribbean and Canadian Colonies |
| Report No. BAR_1738_02 |
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Barbados |
| Case Name Long |
John and Elizabeth Burke v Martha Lane |
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| Case Name Long |
Robert and Mary Burnet v Martha Lane |
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| Case Name Long |
Mary Lane v Martha Lane |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.3 [431] p.592 (23 Jan. 1738 – 22 March 1739) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.5 (1 Oct. 1736 – 4 Sept. 1738) p.393–394: PC 2/94/393–394 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.6 (1 Oct. 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.5, 10–11, 18, 44–45, 120, 121–124, 144: PC 2/95/5, 10–11, 18, 44–45, 120, 121–124, 144 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 2 Aug. 1737 |
Participants |
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Burke (née Lane), Elizabeth, appellant (wife of John, daughter of Anthony Lane) |
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Burke, John, merchant, appellant (husband of Elizabeth) |
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Burnet (Burnett, née Lane), Mary, appellant (wife of Robert, daughter of Anthony Lane) |
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Burnet (Burnett), Robert, appellant (husband of Mary) |
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Lane, Anthony, deceased (husband of Mary [1], father of Elizabeth [now Elizabeth Burke] and Mary [2] [now Mary Burnet]) |
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Lane, Elizabeth – see Burke, Elizabeth |
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Lane, John, deceased |
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Lane, Martha, widow, respondent (?executrix of John) |
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Lane, Mary (1), appellant (widow and executrix of Anthony) |
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Lane, Mary (2) – see Burnet, Mary |
Description |
Bill claiming the office of executrix. |
Disposition |
Decree reversed with further proceedings ordered. |
Notes |
The printed cases make clearer than does the APC who the parties were in the three different appeal cases. The respondent’s case also styles the case below as follows: “Between Martha Lane, of the Island of Barbados, Widow and only surviving Executrix of John Lane, Esq; her late Husband, deceas’d, } Plaintiff. [And] Mary Lane, Widow and Executrix of Anthony Lane, Esq; deceas’d, who was Brother of the said John Lane, Robert Burnett, Gent. and Mary his Wife, and John Burke, Merchant, and Elizabeth his Wife (which Mary and Elizabeth are the Daughters of the said Anthony Lane) all of the Island of Barbados, } Defendants.” |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case | Case of the appellant (John and Elizabeth Burke v Martha Lane, Mary Lane, and Robert and Mary Burnett) |
| Counsel | J. Strange (Burke v Lane); |
| Library | The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University: bD738.L266j (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 5 March 1738. Extensive manuscript notes on dorse are damaged, so that a portion is missing from the right-hand side and at least one line is missing from the bottom. No other manuscript notes or underlining.) |
| Library | The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University: bD738.L266m (.Printed date on dorse 1738. No other manuscript notes or underlining.) |
| Library | The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University: bD738.L266mL (Printed date on dorse 1738. No other manuscript notes or underlining.) |
| Respondent’s case | Case of the respondent Martha Lane, “who was sole plaintiff below,” in: |
| Counsel | D. Ryder (in all three appeals) |
| Library | The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University: bD738.266b (Printed date on dorse 1738. Manuscript notes limited to two corrections. No underlining.) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
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