Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 13_1753_02

King v Lewis

King v Braxton

Braxton v King

Virginia 

 

Case Name Short

King v Lewis

King v Braxton

Braxton v King

 
Case Name Long

Walter King v Charles Lewis and Lewis Burwell

Walter King v Carter Braxton and Lewis Burwell

Carter Braxton by John Robinson v Walter King

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.4 [212] p.210–211 – 6 June 1753 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.14 (1 April 1752 – 31 December 1753) p.424–425, 465–466: PC 2/103/424–425, 465–466

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APC Citation 

v.4 [212] p.211 – 10 January 1754 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.15 (1 January 1754 – 31 December 1755) p.4–5: PC 2/104/4–5

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APC Citation 

v.4 [212] p.211 – 22 January 1754 – entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.15 (1 January 1754 – 31 December 1755) p.5–13, 20: PC 2/104/5–13, 20

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Colonial Courts

Chancery – 10 October 1751

Participants

Braxton, Carter, infant (eldest son of George Braxton, jun.)

Braxton, George, jun. (deceased father of Carter Braxton)

Braxton, George, sen. (deceased father of George Braxton, jun.)

Burwell, Lewis (agent of the Perrys in Virginia)

Corbin, Richard

Digges, Dudley

Edwards, Benjamin (agent of the Perrys in Virginia)

King, Walter, merchant

Lewis, Charles

Perry, Micajah (Micaiah), merchant, late of London

Perry, Philip, merchant, late of London

Robinson, John (‘next friend’ of Carter Braxton)

Description

Land in the county called formerly Goochland, now Albemarle and known as the Fork. According to the APC, King appeals from two equity orders that barred him from proceeding at law in ejectment to recover the land and ordered him to convey the land to the respondents upon their paying certain sums.

Disposition

King’s appeals are sustained.

Notes

For the action of ejectment mentioned here, see Additional Research.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (King in King v Lewis)

ESTC: N469682
Counsel

[Signed] Wm. Murray; Ste. Comyn

 
Note

Although the case mentions only Lewis and Burwell in the heading, Braxton is mentioned in the body of the case. There is, however, no reference to Braxton’s cross-appeal.

 
Library

Law Library of Congress: Sir George Lee collection (Noted in ESTC? No.)

Library

New-York Historical Society: SY – DC 1754 no. 1 (Noted in ESTC? Yes.)

Library

Yale University. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: ZZ40 25 (Includes manuscript notes, notably on the dorse, where there is an index referring to events in the 1730s and 1740s. The references correspond, for the most part, to events mentioned in the brief, but the page numbers suggest that they refer to a much fuller record of the case.) (Noted in ESTC? No.)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (Braxton in King v Braxton)

Counsel

[Signed] A. Hume-Campbell; Al. Forrester

 
Note

The heading of the case lists the names of Braxton, Burwell, and Lewis, suggesting that this covers all three cases.

 
Library

Yale University. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: ZZ40 25 (Manuscript notes limited to few numerals on dorse)

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

Not found

Other Documents

Other Documents

In addition, see papers relating to the King controversy in the Joshua Sharpe papers in the Thomas Phillipps collection at the Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division. At the University of Virginia, the Tracy W. McGregor Autograph Collection in Series 1, Letters and Manuscripts, holds in manuscript what is described as: a draft of the appellant’s brief in the case of Walter King v Carter Braxton. This manuscript appears to be a working summary of the fuller record in the appeal containing chancery documents, letters, and depositions.