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| Appeals to the Privy Council from the Caribbean and Canadian Colonies |
| Report No. GRE_1770_01 |
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Grenada |
| Case Name Long |
Michael Scott and Maria Martha Victoria Cornette de St. Cyr, his wife v James Brebner and Ninian Home |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.5 [149] p.241 (27 April 1770 – 19 July 1771) |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.7 (May 1769 – Dec. 1770) p.363: PC 2/114/363 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.8 (Jan. 1771 – Dec. 1771) p.299–304, 339–340: PC 2/115/299–304, 339–340 |
Colonial Courts |
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Grenada Chancery – 9 Sept. 1767 |
Participants |
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Bellidentes du Pradel, John, of Martinique (guardian of Joanna Herbert) |
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Brebner, James, respondent (administrator of Joseph Herbert) |
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Herbert, Herbert (son of Leon Marie Herbert du Jardin) |
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Herbert, Joanna Victoria Adelaide (niece and heiress of Joseph Herbert) |
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Herbert, Joseph, deceased (uncle of Joanna Victoria Adelaide Herbert) |
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Herbert, Louis Charles Marie (son of Leon Marie Herbert du Jardin) |
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Herbert du Jardin, Leon Marie, of Martinique, deceased (husband of Maria [now Maria Scott], brother of Joseph Herbert, father of Herbert Herbert and Louis Herbert) |
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Herbert du Jardin, Maria – see Scott, Maria |
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Home, Ninian, respondent (administrator of Joseph Herbert) |
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Maxwell, Patrick, master in Chancery |
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Scott (formerly Herbert du Jardin), Maria Martha Victoria Cornette de St. Cyr, appellant (wife of Michael, widow of Leon Marie Herbert du Jardin, guardian of Joanna Herbert) |
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Scott, Michael, appellant (husband of Maria, guardian of Joanna Herbert) |
Description |
Guardianship. |
Disposition |
Reversed in part. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Scott v Brebner and Home) (extensive discussion) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case | Case of the appellant (Michael Scott and Maria Martha Victoria Cornette de St. Cyr v James Brebner, Ninian Home, and Joanna Victoria Adelaide Herbert) |
| Counsel | Al. Wedderburn; J. Dunning |
| Library | Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: (William Samuel Johnson Collection) Treasure – Johnson 1770m and Microfilm – AA70 (Printed date on dorse 1770. One lengthy manuscript note.) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
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