Appeals to the Privy Council

Report No. 11_1766_05

Freebody v Holmes

Holmes v Freebody

Rhode Island 

Case Name Short

Freebody v Holmes

Holmes v Freebody

Case Name Long

Thomas Freebody v John Holmes

John Holmes v Thomas Freebody

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.5 [23] p.51 – 10 December 1766 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.5 (August 1766 – January 1768) p.129: PC 2/112/129

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APC Citation 

v.5 [23] p.51 – 15 July 1768 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.6 (January 1768 – April 1769) p.239, 249–250: PC 2/113/239, 249–250

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APC Citation 

v.5 [23] p.51 – 14 April 1769 – entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.6 (January 1768 – April 1769) p.549: PC 2/113/549

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APC Citation 

v.5 [23] p.51 – 27 April 1770 – entry 4

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.7 (May 1769 – December 1770) p.190, 332–340, 359: PC 2/114/190, 332–340, 359

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Colonial Courts

Inferior Court – 21 November 1763 – re Freebody

Superior Court – March 1765 – re Freebody

Superior Court – March 1766 – re Holmes

Superior Court – March 1768 – re Holmes

Participants

Freebody, John (deceased father of Thomas, John, and Samuel Freebody)

Freebody, John (brother of Samuel and Thomas Freebody and son of John Freebody)

Freebody, Samuel (brother of John and Thomas Freebody and son of John Freebody)

Freebody, Thomas, merchant, of Newport (brother of John and Samuel Freebody and son of John Freebody)

Green, James

Holmes, John, yeoman, of Middleton in Newport county

Holmes, Margaret

Description

Land (trespass and ejectment) in dispute in Middletown

Disposition

Freebody v Holmes – dismissed for non-prosecution
Holmes v Freebody – judgments of 1766 and 1768 reversed; judgment of 1765 affirmed in favor of Holmes

Notes

On the action of ‘trespass and ejectment’ involved here, see Additional Research.

References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations

Table of Cases (Holmes v Freebody) (complex procedural history)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s
case

Case of the appellant (Holmes)

Counsel

[Signed] William DeGrey; J. Dunning

 
Library

Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: Treasure – Johnson 1770m and 2nd Fl Microfilm Cabinet – AA70 (Includes manuscript notes)

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Respondent’s
case

Case of the respondent (Freebody)

Counsel

[Signed] C. Yorke; Rd. Jackson

 
Library

Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: Treasure – Johnson 1770m and 2nd Fl Microfilm Cabinet – AA70

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Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew

TNA Document Order of reference (Freebody v Holmes) – 10 Dec. 1766 – PC 1/52/58 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [731] p.440

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TNA Document Committee report (Freebody v Holmes) – 7 July 1768 – PC 1/54/63 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [793] p.464

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TNA Document Committee report (Holmes v Freebody) – 7 Apr. 1770 – PC 1/54/66C view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [840] p.484

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