Appeals to the Privy Council

Report No. 11_1773_01

Sandford v Smith

Rhode Island 

Case Name Short

Sandford v Smith

Case Name Long

Giles and Elizabeth Sandford v Elizabeth and Isaac Smith, William Taggart, Israel and Sarah Church

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.5 [244] p.359–360 – 31 March 1773 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.9 (January – December 1772) p.480: PC 2/116/480

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PC Register Citation 

George III v.10 (January 1773 – April 1774) p.127–128: PC 2/117/127–128

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APC Citation 

v.5 [244] p.360 – 4 August 1773 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.10 (January 1773 – April 1774) p.261, 266: PC 2/117/261, 266

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Colonial Courts

Inferior Court – May 1771

Superior Court – September 1771

Participants

Church, Israel of Middletown in Newport county (husband of Sarah Church)

Church, Sarah of Middletown in Newport county (wife of Israel Church)

Sandford, Elizabeth (wife of Giles Sandford)

Sandford, Giles (husband of Elizabeth Sandford)

Smith, Edward

Smith, Elizabeth of Middletown in Newport county

Smith, Isaac of Middletown in Newport county

Taggart, William of Middletown in Newport county

Description

Land in Middletown in dispute. Bilder, Transatlantic Constitution, p.276 n.33, adds that this is an inheritance dispute.

Disposition

Dismissed for non-prosecution


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

TNA Document Committee report – 29 July 1773 – PC 1/55/72 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [907] p.539

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