Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 09_1773_00

Nash v Dobbs

North Carolina 

 

Case Name Short

Nash v Dobbs

 
Case Name Long

Abner Nash v Conway Richard Dobbs and Edward Brice Dobbs

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.5 [243] p.359 – 26 March 1773 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.10 (January 1773 – April 1774) p.103: PC 2/117/103

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APC Citation 

v.5 [243] p.359 – 28 July 1773 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.10 (January 1773 – April 1774) p.258: PC 2/117/258

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APC Citation 

v.5 [243] p.359 – 20 May 1774 – entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.11 (May 1774 – May 1775) p.48–55, 77: PC 2/118/48–55, 77

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Colonial Courts

Chancery – 16 January 1771

Participants

Dobbs, Arthur, deceased former Governor and father of the Dobbs brothers

Dobbs, Conway Richard, esquire, of Ireland (son of Arthur Dobbs)

Dobbs, Edward Brice, esquire, of Ireland (son of Arthur Dobbs)

Gregg, Frederick (attorney for Dobbs brothers in Carolina)

Nash, Abner, attorney (husband of Justina Dobbs Nash)

Nash, Justina Dobbs (widow of Arthur Dobbs and wife of Abner Nash)

Smith, Samuel (agent of testator in London)

Tryon, William, Governor

Description

Not stated in the APC. Inheritance dispute according to Committee report.

Disposition

Reversed

Notes

Arthur Dobbs served as Governor of the colony, 1754 – 1765 (commissioned 1753).

Abner Nash served as Governor of the state, 1780–1781.

Justina Dobbs is the stepmother of Conway and Edward Dobbs.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

TNA Document Committee report – 12 May 1774 – PC 1/56/74A view_Document
Notes about
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Referenced in APC, v.6 [928] p.555

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