Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. DOM_1773_00

Fordyce v Morson

Dominica 

 

Case Name Long

John Fordyce, Andrew Grant, and William Trotter v James Morson

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [269] p.382–383 (29 Oct. 1773 – 23 Jan. 1775)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.10 (Jan. 1773 – April 1774) p.328, 456: PC 2/117/328, 456

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.11 (May 1774 – May 1775) p.349–351, 373–374: PC 2/118/349–351, 373–374

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Court of Common Pleas – 26 May 1772

 
 

Governor and Council as a Court of Errors – 26 June 1773

 

Participants

Fordyce, John, merchant, of London, appellant

 

Gemmell, Mr. ___, deceased

 

Grant, Andrew, merchant, of London, appellant

 

Hunter, Mr. ___, deceased

 

Morson, James, respondent (surviving partner of Mr. Gemmell and Mr. Hunter)

 

Morson, John, deceased

 

Skirrett, Walter

 

Trotter, William, merchant, of London, appellant

 

Description

Concerning a bond.

Disposition

Decree of 1773 reversed.

Notes

“Morson” is part of the name of a company of three men, of whom James Morson is the surviving partner.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Committee report – 12 Jan. 1775 (PC 1/60/10/1) view_Document
Catalogued as

Dominica, Windward Islands, West Indies: Committee report on appeal Fordyce v Morson; 23 Jan. read and approved

 
Notes about
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Catalogued by The National Archives at Kew.