| Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 11_1762_01 |
Read v Nicholls |
Rhode Island |
| Case Name Short |
Read v Nicholls |
| Case Name Long |
William Read v Benjamin Nicholls |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [484] p.544 – 25 June 1762 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.2 (1 January 1762 – 30 April 1763) p.268–269: PC 2/109/268–269 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [484] p.544 – 3 August 1762 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.2 (1 January 1762 – 30 April 1763) p.299–300, 325: PC 2/109/299–300, 325 |
Colonial Courts |
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Inferior Court – May 1758 Superior Court – March 1759 (affirming lower court judgment) Superior Court – August 1760 (another judgment barring a writ of scire facias) |
Participants |
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Nicholls, Benjamin of Newport (executor of Jonathan Nicholls) Nicholls, Jonathan, deceased Read, William, merchant, of Newport |
Description |
Debt due |
Disposition |
Appeals dismissed for non-prosecution |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 15 July 1762 – PC 1/50/47 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [539] p.339 |