Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. BAR_1763_00

Suleven v Skeete

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

Thomas and Alice Suleven v Dr. Reynold Skeete

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [518] p.568 (31 Aug. 1763 – 26 July 1765)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.3 (1 May 1763 – 30 Sept. 1764) p.89, 607: PC 2/110/89, 607

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.4 (1 Oct. 1764 – 27 Aug. 1766) p.276–277, 305: PC 2/111/276–277, 305

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 1 Sept. 1762

 

Participants

Patterson, Alice – see Suleven, Alice

 

Patterson, John

 

Skeete, Dr. Reynold, respondent

 

Suleven (Sullivan), Alice, appellant (wife of Thomas, widow of John Patterson)

 

Suleven (Sullivan), Thomas, planter, appellant (husband of Alice)

 

Description

Action for dower.

Disposition

Decree reversed; bill in Chancery dismissed.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (Thomas and Alice Suleven v Reynold Skeete and William Patterson)

Counsel

R. Webb; Al. Wedderburn

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36219 f.140r–142v (Manuscript note on dorse “Wall and Bury.” No date on dorse. No other manuscript notes; two underlinings.)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (Thomas and Alice Sullivan v Reynold Skeete)

Counsel

Fl. Norton; C. Yorke

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36219 f.143r–153v (Printed date on dorse 1764 with manuscript notes: “Atty Gen’l; Mr Yorke; Wall and Bury.” No other manuscript notes; some underlining. Followed by a manuscript of the printed case, which may or may not be an exact copy.)

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

 

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