Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1769_01

Mure v Palmer

Mure v Witter

Palmer v Mure

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Hutchison Mure and James Kerr v John and Rosa Palmer

 
Case Name Long

Hutchison Mure and James Kerr v Norwood Witter, et al.

 
Case Name Long

John and Rosa Palmer v Hutchison Mure, et al.

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [100] p.179–180 (11 Jan. 1769 – 13 Sept. 1774)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.6 (Jan. 1768 – April 1769) p.355, 423, 513–517, 541–542: PC 2/113/355, 423, 513–517, 541–542

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.7 (May 1769 – Dec. 1770) p.232, 447, 693–694: PC 2/114/232, 447, 693–694

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.8 (Jan. 1771 – Dec. 1771) p.353–356, 364–365: PC 2/115/353–356, 364–365

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.11 (May 1774 – May 1775) p.211: PC 2/118/211

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 11 Feb. 1768

 
 

Chancery – 24 July 1769

 

Participants

Arcedeckne, Andrew, later deceased (executor of Patrick Taylor)

 

Ash, George (husband of Rosa [now Rosa Palmer])

 

Ash, Luke

 

Ash, Rosa – see Palmer, Rosa

 

Boyd, John

 

Callender, Alexander

 

Campbell, Capt. ___, captain of the Mary

 

Campbell, Alexander, merchant, of London

 

Clark, Sir Simon, baronet (executor of Patrick Taylor)

 

Crockatt, Daniel

 

Crockatt, James, later deceased

 

Curtin, Mary

 

Curtin, Richard

 

Davis, Mark

 

Dehany, David, deceased

 

Dehany, Philip (executor of David)

 

Dias Fernandes, Benjamin (executor of Patrick Taylor)

 

Dyer, James

 

Elletson, Roger Hope, lieutenant governor and chancellor

 

Forbes, Capt. ___, captain of the Good Cecilia

 

Grant, Alexander

 

Grant, Sir Alexander (?same)

 

Gregory, Matthew (executor of Patrick Taylor)

 

Harper, Joan – see Jackson, Joan

 

Harper, Thomas, deceased

 

Hibbert, Thomas (executor of Alexander Innes)

 

Innes, Alexander, deceased

 

Jackson, Joan (wife of William, administratrix of Thomas Harper)

 

Jackson, William (husband of Joan)

 

Kerr, James, appellant (administrator of Alexander Campbell)

 

Laing, Malcolm

 

Manby, Aaron (1), deceased

 

Manby, Aaron (2) (administrator of Aaron [1])

 

Matheson, Gilbert

 

McFarlane, Alexander, deceased

 

Mure, Hutchison, merchant, of London, appellant/respondent

 

Palmer, John, respondent/appellant (husband of Rosa)

 

Palmer (formerly Witter; Ash), Rosa, respondent/appellant (wife of John, ?widow of Norwood Witter and of George Ash)

 

Pereira Mendes, Samuel

 

Peterkin, Alexander

 

Peterkin, James

 

Price, Hon. Charles, later deceased (executor of Alexander Innes)

 

Prioleau, Philip

 

Simcocks, Thomas

 

Sinclair, Archibald (executor of Alexander Innes)

 

Smith, Capt. ___, captain of the Lucca

 

Stirling, Archibald

 

Stirling, James

 

Stirling, Robert

 

Stirling, William

 

Taylor, Patrick, deceased

 

Tickell, Mary

 

Tickell, Thomas

 

Watson, George

 

Watson, James (executor of Alexander McFarlane)

 

Witter, John

 

Witter, Norwood, respondent, later deceased (husband of Rosa [now Rosa Palmer])

 

Witter, Rosa – see Palmer, Rosa

 

Witter, William

 
 

Vessels

 
 

Good Cecilia

 
 

Lucca

 
 

Mary

 

Description

Action of account; concerning an estate called the Bogue.

Disposition

First decree reversed; second decree reversed in part, with other directions given for taking accounts. Disposition of Palmer appeal is not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (Hutchinson Mure and James Kerr v John and Rosa Palmer)

Counsel

J. Dunning; Al. Wedderburn

 
Library

Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: (William Samuel Johnson Collection) Treasure – Johnson 1770m and Microfilm – AA70 (Undated; no manuscript notes.)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (Hutchinson Mure and James Kerr v John and Rosa Palmer)

Counsel

Fl. Norton; Al. Forrester

 
Library

Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: (William Samuel Johnson Collection) Treasure – Johnson 1770m and Microfilm – AA70 (Printed date on dorse 1769. No manuscript notes.)

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

 
TNA Document Committee report (Mure and Kerr v Palmer) – 15 March 1769 (PC 1/54/64) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [812] p.470.

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TNA Document Committee report (Mure and Kerr v Palmer) – 20 July 1771 (PC 1/55/67) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [868] p.504–505.

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