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| Appeals to the Privy Council from the Caribbean and Canadian Colonies |
| Report No. STC_1754_01 |
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St. Christopher |
| Case Name Long |
John Mills, by Thomas Mills, as attorney, Peter Mathew Mills, by Cornelia Mills, Peter Soulegre, Thomas Mills and John Mills, as his four guardians, John Mills, Cornelia Mills, Peter Soulegre, Thomas Mills, and Richard Goodright v George Bryan |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [246] p.263–264 (21 June 1754 – 25 Feb. 1755) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.15 (1 Jan. 1754 – 31 Dec. 1755) p.175, 259, 332–333, 348: PC 2/104/175, 259, 332–333, 348 |
Colonial Courts |
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Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas – 2 July 1753 |
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Court of Errors – 26 Nov. 1753 |
Participants |
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Bryan, George, respondent |
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Goodright, Richard, appellant (feigned lessee of the other appellants) |
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Mills, Cornelia, appellant (widow and trustee under the will of Matthew [2], guardian of Peter Mathew) |
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Mills, John (1), esquire, appellant (son, heir and only surviving residuary devisee of Matthew [1]) |
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Mills, John (2), merchant (guardian of Peter Mathew, trustee under the will of Matthew [2]) |
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Mills, Matthew (1), the elder, deceased (father of John [1] and Matthew [2]) |
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Mills, Matthew (2), the younger, deceased (husband of Cornelia, son and residuary devisee of Matthew [1], brother of John [1], father of Peter Mathew) |
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Mills, Peter Mathew (Peter-Matthew), esquire, infant, appellant (only son and heir of Matthew [2]) |
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Mills, Thomas, esquire, appellant (attorney for John [1], guardian of Peter Mathew, trustee under the will of Matthew [2]) |
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Soulegre, Peter, esquire, appellant (guardian of Peter Mathew, trustee under the will of Matthew [2]) |
Description |
Ejectment. |
Disposition |
Affirmed with costs. |
Notes |
The parties are grouped in the heading of the appellant’s printed case in order to indicate the capacity in which they are suing. This arrangement results in duplicating names where the same person is suing in more than one capacity. It also makes reasonably clear that John Mills, esq., and John Mills, merchant, were not the same person. Here Thomas Mills is not listed as a merchant, although the APC describes the guardians of Peter Matthew as “The said Thomas Mills and John Mills Merchants.” |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case | Case of the appellant (John Mills, esq., Peter-Matthew Mills, John Mills, esq., and Peter-Matthew Mills jointly, the said John Mills, esq., and Cornelia Mills, Peter Soulegre, Thomas Mills, and John Mills, merchant, and Richard Goodright v George Bryan) |
| Counsel | A. Hume-Campbell; R. Henley; K. Evans |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Manuscript date on dorse 6 Feb. 1755; includes manuscript notes.) |
| Respondent’s case | Case of the respondent (Richard Goodright v George Bryan) |
| Counsel | W. Murray; Ro. Harley |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 1755; 6 Feb. added by hand; includes manuscript notes.) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
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