| Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 02_1774_00 |
Finney v Bickerton Finney v Byrne |
Delaware |
| Case Name Short |
Finney v Bickerton Finney v Byrne |
| Case Name Long |
David, Robert, Elizabeth and Ann Dorothy Finney v Henry Bickerton et al David, Robert, Elizabeth and Ann Dorothy Finney v James Byrne et al |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.5 [306] p.402–403 – 28 October 1774 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.11 (May 1774 – May 1775) p.237: PC 2/118/237 |
Colonial Courts |
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Supreme Court for the Delaware counties – April term 1773 |
Participants |
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Bickerton, Henry Byrne, James Finney, Ann Dorothy Finney, David Finney, Elizabeth Finney, Robert Martin, Mary (deceased widow of Patrick Martin) Martin, Patrick (deceased husband of Mary Martin) |
Description |
Land dispute among possible heirs with respondents Byrne, et al., according to Smith, claiming “as brothers and sisters of the half-blood of the intestate by virtue of a colonial act which was contrary to the common law and had not received royal approbation,” attempting to advance Winthrop v Lechmere as applicable. |
Disposition |
Finney v Byrne was never argued due to the Revolutionary War, according to Smith (p.653). |
Notes |
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During this period the lower Delaware counties were in fact a part of the colony of Pennsylvania, but they retained a fair amount of autonomy, including their own Supreme Court. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Finney v Byrne) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
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Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
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