Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 13_1760_00

Tabb v Edmundson

Edmundson v Tabb

Virginia 

 

Case Name Short

Tabb v Edmundson

Edmundson v Tabb

 
Case Name Long

William, Martha and Humphrey Toy Tabb v Thomas Edmundson and John Edmundson

Thomas Edmundson and John Edmundson v William, Martha and Humphrey Toy Tabb

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.4 [416] p.443 – 16 February 1760 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.256–257: PC 2/107/256–257

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APC Citation 

v.4 [416] p.443 – 5 April 1760 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.310, 330, 347, 399: PC 2/107/310, 330, 347, 399

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APC Citation 

v.4 [416] p.443 [416] – 12 April 1762 –entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.2 (1 January 1762 – 30 April 1763) p.203: PC 2/109/203

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APC Citation 

v.4 [416] p.443 – 21 December 1763 – entry 4

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.3 (1 May 1763 – 30 September 1764) p.172–176, 192: PC 110/172–176, 192

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Colonial Courts

Chancery – 10 April 1758

Chancery – 2 October 1758

Participants

Allaman, John (deceased son of Thomas Allaman and brother of Thomas Allaman and William Allaman)

Allaman, Sarah (deceased daughter of William Allaman and Ann Allaman Tabb)

Allaman, Thomas (deceased father of Judith Edmundson and John, Thomas, and William Allaman)

Allaman, Thomas (deceased son of Thomas Allaman, also deceased, and brother of John Allaman and William Allaman)

Allaman, Thomas (deceased son of William Allaman and Ann Allaman Tabb and grandson of Thomas Allaman)

Allaman, William (deceased husband of Ann Allaman Tabb, brother of John Allaman and Thomas Allaman, son of Thomas Allaman, and father of Thomas and Sarah Allaman)

Blacknall, Charles

Booth, Thomas

Edmundson, John, merchant, of Essex county (son of Judith Allaman Edmundson and brother of Thomas Edmundson)

Edmundson, Judith Allaman (daughter of Thomas Allaman and mother of Thomas Edmundson and John Edmundson)

Edmundson, Thomas, merchant, of Essex county (son of Judith Allaman Edmundson and brother of John Edmundson)

Hyndman, John, merchant, of London

Page, John

Palmer, Charlton, gentleman, merchant, of London

Tabb, Ann Allaman (widow of William Allaman; wife of John Tabb; mother of Thomas Allaman, Sarah Allaman, Humphrey Tabb, and Martha Tabb)

Tabb, Humphrey Toy (son of John and Ann Allaman Tabb and brother of Martha Tabb)

Tabb, John (husband of Ann Allaman Tabb)

Tabb, Martha (daughter of John and Ann Allaman Tabb and sister of Humphrey Tabb)

Tabb, William (relationship unclear)

Whiting, Francis

Description

Estate dispute

Disposition

Chancery decrees reversed; Edmundsons’ appeal dismissed; restitution ordered

Notes

Property includes slaves.

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

Table of Cases (Tabb v Edmundson)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (Tabb)

Counsel

[Signed] F. Norton; C. Ambler

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.248–249 (Includes manuscript notes)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the appellant (Edmundson as appellant in a cross-appeal)

Counsel

[Signed] C. Yorke; Al. Forrester

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.250–251 (Includes manuscript notes)

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

TNA Document Committee report – 15 Dec. 1763 – PC 1/50/49 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [579] p.359–360. The report is described as being on the appeal of Tabb and also upon the cross-appeal of Edmundson.

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Other Documents

Other Documents

See related entry (as Edmondson v Tabb) and opinion by Barradall in Barton, Virginia Colonial Decisions, 2:B359–B363, B31–B32.