Appeals to the Privy Council

Report No. 04_1776_00

Chew v Weems (Heeltap v Weems)

Maryland 

Case Name Short

Heeltap v Weems

Chew v Weems

Case Name Long

Crispin Heeltap on the demise of William Chew v James Weems and David Weems

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.5 [330] p.438 – 3 January 1776 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.12 (June 1775 – May 1776) p.295, 394: PC 2/119/295, 394

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Colonial Courts

Provincial Court – 8 September 1772

Court of Appeals and Errors – 21 February 1775

Participants

Chew, William

Heeltap, Crispin of Ann Arundel county (lessee of William Chew)

Weems, David

Weems, James

Weems, John

Description

Action of ejectment

Disposition

Not stated in Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

Notes

As the Privy Council register makes clear, the ejectment action was originally brought by Heeltap and Chew. A judgment in their favor was reversed in the Court of Appeals and Errors, from which they appealed to the Privy Council. Crispin Heeltap and the lease to him are probably fictitious. ‘Heeltap’ is much more often found as a common noun than as a surname. On the action of ejectment involved here, see Additional Research, which provides further support for the proposition that Heeltap is fictional.


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