| Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 05_1767_00 |
Jeffries v Donnell |
Massachusetts |
| Case Name Short |
Jeffries v Donnell |
| Case Name Long |
David Jeffries v Nathaniel Donnell |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.5 [51] p.119 – 18 November 1767 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.5 (August 1766 – January 1768) p.520: PC 2/112/520 |
| APC Citation | v.5 [51] p.119 – 26 February 1768 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.6 (January 1768 – April 1769) p.76, 88, 98–99: PC 2/113/76, 88, 98–99 |
| APC Citation | v.5 [51] p.119 – 14 June 1771 – entry 3 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.6 (January 1768 – April 1769) p.163, 168, 484: PC 2/113/163, 168, 484 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.8 (January – December 1771) p.264–265, 274: PC 2/115/264–265, 274 |
Colonial Courts |
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Inferior Court – 25 September 1764 Superior Court – 25 June 1765 Superior Court – 24 June 1766 |
Participants |
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Donnell, Nathaniel Hayley, George, esquire, of Aliff Street in Goodman’s Fields Jeffries, David of Boston Wilsonn, Richard, laceman, of Lombard Street |
Description |
Land (action of ejectment); “near” 2000 acres between Merrymeeting Bay and Winnegance. |
Disposition |
Reversed; parties are free to proceed to a new trial in the Superior Court. |
Notes |
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On the action of ejectment involved here, see Additional Research. As Smith (p.164) notes, this appeal was a part of the Kennebec Proprietors litigation with local settlers. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Jeffries v Donnell) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Jeffries) |
| Counsel | [Signed] Wm. DeGrey; Al. Forrester |
| Note | Appendix to the case of the appellant |
| Library | Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: Treasure – Johnson 1770m and 2nd Fl Microfilm Cabinet – AA70 (Includes manuscript notes and appendix) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (Donnell) |
| Note | Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Order of reference – 18 Nov. 1767 – PC 1/53/60 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [761] p.453–454 |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 23 Feb. 1768 – PC 1/54/63 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [783] p.461 |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 12 June 1771 – PC 1/60/9 | view_Document |
| Catalogued as | Catalogued by TNA with draft order as follows: Committee report on appeal Jeffries v Donnell and draft order approving |
| TNA Document | Draft order – 14 June 1771 – PC 1/60/9 | view_Document |
| Catalogued as | Catalogued by TNA with committee report as follows: Committee report on appeal Jeffries v Donnell and draft order approving |