| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. STC_1737_00 |
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St. Christopher |
| Case Name Long |
Augustus Boyd and John Denn v Anthony Johnson, William Machan, Richard Emery, William Hart, Joseph King, John Johnson, Isaac Thomas, Christopher Dean, and Anne Cameron |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.3 [417] p.577–578 (29 Nov. 1737 – 20 July 1738) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.5 (1 Oct. 1736 – 4 Sept. 1738) p.308, 524–525, 558, 559–563, 592–593: PC 2/94/308, 524–525, 558, 559–563, 592–593 |
Colonial Courts |
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Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas – 26 Aug. 1735 Court of Errors – 21 Feb. 1737 |
Participants |
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Boyd (Boyde), Augustus, esquire, appellant (nephew of Andrew Thauvett, lessor of John Denn) |
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Cameron (Camerone), Anne, respondent |
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Dean, Christopher, respondent |
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Denn (Denne), John, appellant (lessee of Augustus Boyd) |
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Emery, Richard, respondent |
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Fleming, Gilbert, lieutenant governor of St. Christopher |
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Hart, William, respondent |
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Johnson, Anthony, respondent |
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Johnson, John, respondent |
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King, Joseph, respondent |
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Machan, William, respondent |
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Papin, Gabriel, deceased |
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Thauvett, Andrew, deceased (uncle of Augustus Boyd) |
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Thomas, Isaac, respondent |
Description |
Concerning land. |
Disposition |
Appeal dismissed. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Boyde v Johnson) (extensive discussion) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Augustus Boyde and John Denne v John Johnson, Joseph King, William Machan, Richard Emery, William Hart, John Johnson, Isaac Thomas, Christopher Dean, and Ann Camerone) |
| Counsel | G. Lee; W. Murray |
| Library | Hamilton College Library: (Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection) Rare Book Room – Beinecke Oversize – KGW2019.7.B69 1738 (Printed date on dorse 19 June 1738 with manuscript note: “That the Appeale of Augustus Boyde and John Denn his Lessee be Dismisst and the Judgm’t of the Court of Errors of the 21st April 1736 Affirmed.” No other manuscript notes or underlining) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 19 June 1738; includes manuscript notes and minor underlining) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |