| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. JAM_1760_01 |
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Jamaica |
| Case Name Long |
Richard Cross v Michael Atkins, John Curtis, Mark Davis, and the Attorney General |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [420] p.447–448 (2 May 1760 – 21 Dec. 1763) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.367, 398, 402, 409, 412–413: PC 2/107/367, 398, 402, 409, 412–413 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.1 (25 Oct. 1760 – 31 Dec. 1761) p.333, 418: PC 2/108/333, 418 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.3 (1 May 1763 – 30 Sept. 1764) p.184, 186–190, 194–195: PC 2/110/184, 186–190, 194–195 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 23 Jan. 1748 |
Participants |
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Atkins, Michael, merchant, of Bristol, respondent (executor of Samuel Dicker) |
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Cross, Richard, appellant (brother of William and Thomas) |
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Cross, Thomas (brother of William and Richard) |
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Cross, William, of Kingston, deceased (brother of Richard and Thomas, cousin of John, Eleanor, and Elizabeth Jones) |
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Curtis, John, merchant, of Bristol, respondent (executor of Samuel Dicker) |
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Davis, Mark, merchant, of Bristol, respondent (executor of Samuel Dicker) |
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Dicker, Samuel, later deceased (acting executor of William Cross) |
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Fuller, Rose (executor of William Cross) |
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Jones, Edmund, of Melverly, county of Montgomery (father of John, Eleanor, and Elizabeth) |
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Jones, Eleanor, deceased (daughter of Edmund, cousin of William Cross) |
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Jones, Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund, cousin of William Cross) |
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Jones, John (son of Edmund, cousin of William Cross) |
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Marriott, Sidney, master in Chancery, account to be taken before |
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Mills, Richard (executor of William Cross) |
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Penny, Robert, attorney general, respondent |
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White, Anthony (executor of William Cross) |
Description |
Lapsed legacy. |
Disposition |
Decree reversed and bill dismissed. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Cross v Atkins; Cross v Davis) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Richard Cross v Michael Atkins, John Curtis, Mark Davis, and the Attorney General [of Jamaica]) |
| Counsel | Flr. Norton; W. de Grey |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.209r–212v (Printed date on dorse 1763; dated by hand on dorse 12 Mar. 1763; manuscript notes only on dorse) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (Richard Cross v the Attorney General of Jamaica, Michael Atkins, John Curtis, and Mark Davis) |
| Counsel | C. Yorke; G. Nares |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.213r–216v (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 19 Dec 1763; includes manuscript notes; supplementary manuscript “Observations” written in a clerical hand, followed by 6 pages of informal notes written in Yorke’s hand) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report (Cross v Attorney General and Dicker's executors) – 19 Dec. 1763 (PC 1/50/49) | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC v.6 [579] p.359–360 |