Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1767_03

Watson v Laird

Laird v Watson

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

John Watson and Samuel Gregory v Lettice Laird

 
Case Name Long

Lettice Laird v John Watson and Samuel Gregory

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [38] p.109–110 (26 June 1767 – 30 April 1777)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.5 (Aug. 1766 – Jan. 1768) p.369, 393: PC 2/112/369, 393

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.7 (May 1769 – Dec. 1770) p.296–297, 355–356: PC 2/114/296–297, 355–356

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.12 (June 1775 – May 1776) p.77, 462: PC 2/119/77, 462

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.13 (June 1776 – May 1777) p.422–423, 478: PC 2/120/422–423, 478

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 19 Jan. 1767 (Watson v Laird)

 
 

Chancery – 19 July 1774 (Laird v Watson)

 

Participants

Delmestre, Peter, deceased

 

Gregory, Samuel, merchant, of Kingston, appellant/respondent (surviving partner of Peter Delmestre)

 

Laird, James, deceased (husband of Lettice)

 

Laird, Lettice, respondent/appellant (widow of James)

 

Lawford, Exelba, master in Chancery

 

Watson, John, merchant, of Kingston, appellant/respondent (surviving partner of Peter Delmestre)

 

Description

Concerning land.

Disposition

First decree reversed; second appeal dismissed with costs.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Committee report (Watson and Gregory v Laird) – 2 April 1770 (PC 1/54/66) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [840] p.484.

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