Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 05_1718_02 |
Flint v Willett |
Massachusetts |
Case Name Short |
Flint v Willett |
Case Name Long |
Henry Flint v Ann Willett |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
APC Citation | v.2 [1298] p.744 – 1 July 1718 – entry 1 |
PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.154: PC 2/86/154 |
APC Citation | v.2 [1298] p.744 – 8 August 1718 – entry 2 |
PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.164: PC 2/86/164 |
APC Citation | v.2 [1298] p.744 – 27 August 1718 – entry 3 |
PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.170: PC 2/86/170 |
Colonial Courts |
General Court of Trials at Newport |
Participants |
Flint, Henry of Cambridge (grandson of Thomas Willett) Willett, Ann Willett, Thomas (deceased grandfather of Henry Flint) |
Description |
Estate dispute |
Disposition |
Appeal is dismissed; new suit must be commenced. |
Notes |
The APC labels this appeal ‘Massachusetts Bay’ where the appellant lived rather than ‘Rhode Island’, which is the site of the court in which the proceedings were held. From the entry in the Privy Council’s register, it appears that there may have been a misunderstanding about the colony in which Newport was located. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Flint v Willett) |
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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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