Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1769_05

Richards v Miles

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

George and Jane Cussans Richards, and Thomas Cussans v William Miles, John Miles, Philip Miles, and Samuel Alpress

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [127] p.214 (25 Oct. 1769 – 19 July 1771)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.7 (May 1769 – Dec. 1770) p.117: PC 2/114/117

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.8 (Jan. 1771 – Dec. 1771) p.316–321, 341: PC 2/115/316–321, 341

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 18 Feb. 1769

 

Participants

Alpress, George, deceased

 

Alpress (or Deering), Jane

 

Alpress, Samuel, respondent (executor of George, administrator de bonis non of Edward Hodgins [1])

 

Arshdeshore (?Arcedeckne), Andrew

 

Cargill (formerly Hodgins, once called Cradock), Milborough

 

Cargill, Richard

 

Clarke, Sir Simon

 

Cook, Pierce

 

Cradock, Milborough – see Cargill, Milborough

 

Cussans, Jane – see Richards, Jane

 

Cussans, Thomas, appellant (administrator of Dolorosa Favel Hodgins)

 

Deering, Cholmondeley

 

Deering, Jane – see Alpress, Jane

 

Ford, Gilbert

 

Fuller, Stephen

 

Gale, William

 

Gregory, Arthur

 

Gregory, Matthew

 

Hodgins, Dolorosa Favel, spinster, deceased (niece and legatee of Edward [1])

 

Hodgins, Edward (1), deceased (uncle and legator of Dolorosa Favel Hodgins)

 

Hodgins, Edward (2), jun.

 

Hodgins, John Edward

 

Hodgins, Milborough – see Cargill, Milborough

 

M’Queen, Daniel

 

Miles, John, respondent

 

Miles, Philip, respondent

 

Miles, William, respondent

 

Mitchell, Charles

 

Morant, Edward

 

Richards, George, appellant (husband of Jane)

 

Richards (née Cussans), Jane, appellant (wife of George)

 

Roden, James

 

Taylor, Patrick

 

Description

Concerning a legacy.

Disposition

Decree reversed.

Notes

The relationship between Edward Hodgins (1) and Dolorosa Hodgins is described in the respondent’s printed case.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (George and Jane Richards, and Thomas Cussans v Samuel Alpress)

Counsel

E. Thurlow; C. Robinson

 
Library

Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: (William Samuel Johnson Collection) Treasure – Johnson 1770m and Microfilm – AA70 (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 9 July 1771. One manuscript note.)

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

 
TNA Document Committee report (Richard v Alpress) – 9 July 1771 (PC 1/55/67) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [868] p.504–505.

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