| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. BAR_1756_02 |
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Barbados |
| Case Name Long |
Samuel Adams, George Greeme, Elizabeth Maxwell, and Thomas and Elizabeth Inch v William Sturge |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [310] p.334 (10 April 1756 – 1 April 1758) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.16 (1 Jan. 1756 – 31 Dec. 1757) p.158, 159, 541–542, 548, 554–555, 570: PC 2/105/158, 159, 541–542, 548, 554–555, 570 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.17 (1 Jan. 1758 – 21 May 1759) p.46, 93–94: PC 2/106/46, 93–94 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 2 Dec. 1737 Chancery – 9 July 1755 |
Participants |
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Adams, John (brother of Margaret [now Margaret Maxwell] and Samuel) |
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Adams, Margaret – see Maxwell, Margaret |
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Adams, Samuel, esquire, appellant (brother of John and Margaret [now Margaret Maxwell]) |
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Bishop, Elizabeth – see Ince, Elizabeth |
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Bishop, Margaret – see Maxwell, Margaret |
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Bishop, Robert sen. (1), deceased (husband of Margaret [now Margaret Maxwell], father of Robert [2] and Elizabeth [now Elizabeth Ince]) |
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Bishop, Robert jun. (2), respondent (son of Robert [1] and Margaret [now Margaret Maxwell]) |
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Gibbons, John, appellant, deceased (administrator of Robert Bishop [1]) |
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Greeme, George, esquire, appellant |
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Inch (née Bishop), Elizabeth, appellant (wife of Thomas, daughter of Robert Bishop [1] and Margaret Maxwell) |
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Inch (Ince), Thomas, esquire, appellant (husband of Elizabeth) |
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Maxwell, Elizabeth, spinster, appellant (daughter of Thomas and Margaret) |
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Maxwell (née Adams, formerly Bishop), Margaret, deceased (wife of Thomas Maxwell, widow of Robert Bishop [1], sister of John and Samuel Adams, mother of Elizabeth, Robert Bishop [2], and Elizabeth Ince) |
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Maxwell, Thomas, respondent (husband and administrator of Margaret, father of Elizabeth) |
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Sturge, William, respondent (administrator of Robert Bishop [1]) |
Description |
Concerning payment of legacies. |
Disposition |
Barbados Chancery order of 1755 reviving Gibbons’s unprosecuted appeal reversed. Sturge’s petition for revival of Gibbons’s appeal by the Privy Council, as well as Gibbons’s appeal of 1737, are dismissed. |
Notes |
The appellants’ printed case is summarized in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:119-120 (view). |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Adams v Sturge) (extensive discussion) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Samuel Adams, Elizabeth Maxwell, and Thomas and Elizabeth Ince v William Sturge), with appendix |
| Counsel | C. Pratt; C. Yorke |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.172r–181v (Printed date on dorse 8 July 1757 with lengthy manuscript notes. Additional manuscript notes and brackets) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 8 July 1757; no manuscript notes) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (Samuel Adams, Elizabeth Maxwell, and Thomas and Elizabeth Ince v William Sturge) |
| Counsel | Geo. Perrot; Alex. Forester |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 8 July 1757; no manuscript notes or underlinings) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |