Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 05_1735_02

Leighton v Frost

Massachusetts 

 

Case Name Short

Leighton v Frost

 
Case Name Long

William Leighton v John Frost

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.3 [345] p.461–462 – 16 May 1735 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.4 (1 August 1734 – 23 September 1736) p.164–165: PC 2/93/164–165

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APC Citation 

v.3 [345] p.462–466 – 2 April 1736 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.4 (1 August 1734 – 23 September 1736) p.179–180, 200, 217–218, 223, 419, 421–425: PC 2/93/179–180, 200, 217–218, 223, 419, 421–425

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APC Citation 

v.3 [345] p.466 – 29 April 1736 – entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.4 (1 August 1734 – 23 September 1736) p.438: PC 2/93/438

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APC Citation 

v.3 [345] p.466 – 21 December 1738 – entry 4

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.6 (1 October 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.66, 11 recte 111–112: PC 2/95/66, 11 recte 111–112

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APC Citation 

v.3 [345] p.466–469 – 23 February 1739 – entry 5

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.6 (1 October 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.113–118 recte 112–117 : PC 2/95/113–118 recte 112–117

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PC Register Note 

The citation in the APC to p.113–118 should be to p.112–117.

 
APC Citation 

v.3 [345] p.469 – 22 March 1739 – entry 6

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.6 (1 October 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.137–142: PC 2/95/137–142

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APC Citation 

v.3 [345] p.469 – 23 March 1743 – entry 7

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.351–352: PC 2/97/351–352

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APC Citation 

v.3 [345] p.469 – 31 May 1743 – entry 8

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.420: PC 2/97/420

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APC Citation 

v.3 [345] p.469–470 – 21 June 1743 – entry 9

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.452–453: PC 2/97/452–453

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Colonial Courts

Inferior Court of Common Pleas of York County – 2 April 1734

Superior Court of Judicature for the county of York – 19 June 1734

Participants

Belcher, Mr., Governor of Massachusetts Bay

Dunbar, Col. David, Surveyor–General of His Majesty’s Woods in North America

Frost, Charles, esquire, deceased

Frost, John, yeoman, of Berwick in the county of York

Gulston, Ralph, merchant, of London

Joy, Ephraim

Leighton, William, gentleman, of Kittery in what was formerly called Maine – workman for Ralph Gulston at the direction and order of Samuel Waldo

Sharpe, W., Clerk of the Council

Waldo, Samuel, merchant, of Boston (agent for Ralph Gulston)

Description

Action of trespass relating to the cutting of trees in Maine reserved to the crown for the Royal Navy

Disposition

Reversed

Notes

Jonathan Belcher was, at this time, the Governor of both Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

For information about the relationship in this period between Maine and Massachusetts, see Wroth, “Maine Connection.”

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

Table of Cases (Leighton v Frost) (extensive discussion relating to the failure in Massachusetts to carry out the Order in Council for many years)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

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