| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. 06_1759_02 |
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New Hampshire |
| Case Name Short |
Dering v Packer |
| Case Name Long |
Thomas Dering v Thomas Packer |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [407] p.433 – 9 November 1759 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.189: PC 2/107/189 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [407] p.433–436 – 11 July 1760 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.431, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 443: PC 2/107/431, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 443 |
Colonial Courts |
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Inferior Court of Common Pleas – 8 December 1757 Chancery Superior Court – 12 December 1758 – affirming judgments of 8 December 1757 and 10 June 1758 |
Participants |
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Dering, Henry, deceased Dering, Thomas of Boston (executor of Henry Dering) Nelson, William Packer, Thomas of Portsmouth Smith, Jeremiah |
Description |
Payment of a debt. The case arises from the impact of depreciation of various colonial currencies. |
Disposition |
Reversed “except the verdict and judgment of the Superior Court of Judicature for the penalty of the bonds and costs,” according to the APC. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Dering v Packer) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case | Case of the appellant (Dering) |
| Counsel | [Signed] C. Pratt; Al. Forrester |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.44–45 (Includes manuscript notes) |
| Respondent’s case | Case of the respondent (Packer) |
| Counsel | [Signed] C. Yorke; W. DeGrey |
| Note | Appellant’s name is spelled Deering on respondent’s printed case. |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.46–48 (Includes manuscript notes) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |
Other Documents |
| Other Documents | Dallas, Reports 4 (4 U.S. [4 Dall.]), p.xxiii–xxv (1807), contains a report on the hearing of Dering v Packer before the Council. The note in Dallas indicates that “this report is taken from a collection of manuscript cases, upon authority, that appeared respectable when it was copied: but the name of the reporter is forgotten.” Smith (p.502) suggests that the notes were probably those of Jared Ingersoll. |
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