| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. BAR_1732_00 |
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Barbados |
| Case Name Long |
John and Jane Bennett v Dr. Henry and Jane Warren | |
| Case Name Long |
John Bennett, Jonathan Blenman, Abel Alleyne, and Dudley Woodbridge v Dr. Henry and Jane Warren |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.3 [269] p.367–368 (30 Nov. 1732 – 26 Nov. 1735) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.3 (21 July 1732 – 18 July 1734) p.76, 87–88, 110, 117, 121, 123–127, 135–136: PC 2/92/76, 87–88, 110, 117, 121, 123–127, 135–136 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.4 (1 Aug. 1734 – 23 Sept. 1736) p.74, 106, 253, 263: PC 2/93/74, 106, 253, 263 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 10 May 1732 Chancery – 22 Dec. 1733 |
Participants |
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Alleyne, Abel, appellant (attorney for John Bennett) |
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Bennett (formerly Woodbridge; Willey), Jane, appellant (wife of John, widow and executrix of Dudley Woodbridge [1], widow and executrix of Edward Willey) |
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Bennett, John, appellant (husband of Jane) |
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Blenman, Jonathan, appellant (attorney for John Bennett) |
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Warren, Dr. Henry, respondent (husband of Jane) |
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Warren, Jane, respondent (wife of Henry) |
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Willey, Edward, merchant, deceased (husband of Jane [now Jane Bennett]) |
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Willey, Jane – see Bennett, Jane |
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Woodbridge, Dudley (1), deceased (husband of Jane [now Jane Bennett]) |
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Woodbridge, Dudley (2), appellant |
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Woodbridge, Jane – see Bennett, Jane |
Description |
First appeal: concerning a writ of ne exeat and a writ of duces tecum arising out of a dispute over possession of an estate. Second appeal: not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series. |
Disposition |
First appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part; second appeal sustained. |
Notes |
Smith (p.481) notes the Order in Council regarded as “lasting precedent in like cases.” For discussion of the case as possible precedent see Caribbeana: Containing Letters and Dissertations Together with Poetical Essays on Various Subjects and Occasions, vol. 1 (London: Printed for T. Osborne . . . , 1741) 259–263 (online). |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Bennett v Warren) |
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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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