Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1708_01

Orby v Long

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Sir Charles Orby and Dame Anne Hopegood v Charles Long

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [1067] p.564–567 (1 Aug. 1708 – 20 Feb. 1714)

 
  PC Register Citation

Anne v.4 (5 March 1708 – 31 May 1710) p.147–148, 279–282, 285–287, 301–302: PC 2/82/147–148, 279–282, 285–287, 301–302

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  PC Register Citation

Anne v.5 (2 June 1710 – 28 July 1712) p.87, 170–171, 184–185, 191, 195–196: PC 2/83/87, 170–171, 184–185, 191, 195–196

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  PC Register Citation

Anne v.6 (18 Aug. 1712 – 31 July 1714) p.292–293, 336–337: PC 2/84/292–293, 336–337

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Supreme (Grand) Court

 
 

Governor and Council

 

Participants

African Company

 

Allison, James (lessee of Dame Anne Hopegood Orby)

 

Beeston, Dame Anne Hopegood – see Orby, Dame Anne

 

Beeston, Jane – see Long, Jane

 

Beeston, Sir William, knight, deceased (husband of Dame Anne Hopegood [now Dame Anne Hopegood Orby], father of Jane [now Jane Long])

 

Carver, John

 

Copley, John

 

Hopegood, Anne – see Orby, Dame Anne

 

Long, Charles, esquire, respondent

 

Long (née Beeston, formerly Modyford), Jane (wife of Charles, widow of Sir Thomas Modyford, daughter of Sir William Beeston)

 

Mackenzie, Mr. Roderick, former clerk of the Council of Jamaica

 

Modyford, Jane – see Long, Jane

 

Modyford, Sir Thomas (husband of Jane [now Jane Long])

 

Oldfield, Francis

 

Orby (née Hopegood, formerly Beeston), Dame Anne, appellant (wife of Sir Charles, widow of Sir William Beeston, lessor of James Allison)

 

Orby, Sir Charles, baronet, appellant (husband of Dame Anne Hopegood Orby)

 

Rigby, Richard, member and former clerk of the Council of Jamaica, now in London

 

Stewart, J., member of the Council of Jamaica

 

Stukeley, Mr. ___, deputy clerk of the Council of Jamaica

 

Description

Land/inheritance, ejectment, and judicial disability.

Disposition

Judgment reversed with partial costs; further complaint dismissed.

Notes

The [Royal] African Company is mentioned in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series.

 

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

Table of Cases (Orby v Long) (extensive discussion)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Petition of Sir C. Orby and Dame Anne Hopegood re Sir William Beeston's will – 1 Aug. 1708 (PC 1/47/10) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [199] p.71.

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TNA Document Papers (Order of reference, Petition, Additional Order) – 15 April 1713 (PC 1/3172) view_Document
Catalogued as

Jamaica: Papers relating to the actions of [. . .] Orby v Rigby [. . .]

 
Notes about
Document
Catalogued by The National Archives at Kew.

 

TNA Document Minute of the Council of Jamaica – 28 July 1713 (PC 1/47/14) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [249] p.102.

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