Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. ANT_1725_03

Chester v Paynter

Chester v Gunthorp

Byam v Gunthorp

Antigua 

 

Case Name Long

Edward, sen., and Ann Chester, John Gunthorp, Richard Sherwood, and Catharine, Elizabeth, and Mary Paynter, by their guardians, Edward and Ann Chester v William Paynter, Edward Byam, Maj. John Tomlinson, and Francis Carlisle

 
Case Name Long

Ann Chester, William Paynter (son of John Paynter), and the executors of John Paynter v John Gunthorp and Catherine Paynter, as executors of William Paynter, the elder, and William Paynter (son of William Paynter, the elder), by his guardians, William Horne and Francis Burton

 
Case Name Long

Edward Byam, Francis Carlisle, Maj. John Tomlinson, sen., Ann Chester, and William Paynter (son of John Paynter) v John Gunthorp, Catherine Paynter, and William Paynter (son of William Paynter, sen.)

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [90] p.121–123 (14 Oct. 1725 – 6 May 1741)

 
  PC Register Citation

George I v.5 (Sept. 1724 – May 1727) p.118, 120, 205–207, 228: PC 2/89/118, 120, 205–207, 228

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.2 (1 June 1729 – 16 June 1732) p.463, 486: PC 2/91/463, 486

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.3 (21 July 1732 – 18 July 1734) p.95, 100–103, 105: PC 2/92/95, 100–103, 105

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.7 (1 April 1740 – 7 Aug. 1741) p.266–267, 312, 457–462, 464–465: PC 2/96/266–267, 312, 457–462, 464–465

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 22 Dec. 1724 (Chester v Paynter)

 
 

Chancery – 2 July 1730 (Chester v Gunthorp)

 
 

Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas – 5 June 1733 (Byam v Gunthorp)

 
 

Chancery – 26 July 1734 (Byam v Gunthorp)

 

Participants

Burton, Francis, respondent (guardian and next friend of William Paynter [2])

 

Byam, Edward, respondent/appellant

 

Carlisle, Francis, respondent/appellant

 

Chester (formerly Paynter), Ann (Anne), appellant (wife of Edward, widow and executrix of John Paynter, guardian [?mother] of Catharine Paynter [1], Elizabeth Paynter, and Mary Paynter)

 

Chester, Edward, sen., appellant, later deceased (husband of Ann, guardian of Catharine Paynter [1], Elizabeth Paynter, and Mary Paynter)

 

Gunthorp (Gunthrop), John, merchant, appellant/respondent (executor of William Paynter [1])

 

Horne, William, respondent (guardian and next friend of William Paynter [2])

 

Paynter, Ann – see Chester, Ann

 

Paynter, Catharine (1), infant, appellant (daughter of John)

 

Paynter, Catherine (2), respondent (widow and executrix of William [1])

 

Paynter, Elizabeth, infant, appellant (daughter of John)

 

Paynter, John, sen., deceased (husband of Ann [now Ann Chester], father of Elizabeth, Mary, and William [3], devisor of William [3])

 

Paynter, Mary, infant, appellant (daughter of John)

 

Paynter, William (1), the Elder, deceased (father and devisor of William [2])

 

Paynter, William (2), the Younger, respondent (son and devisee of William [1])

 

Paynter, William (3), collector, appellant/respondent (son, heir, and devisee of John)

 

Sherwood, Richard, merchant, appellant

 

Tomlinson, Maj. John, sen., respondent/appellant

 

Description

Not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series.

Disposition

Further proceedings in Chancery ordered in Chester v Paynter. Chancery decree of 2 July 1730 affirmed in part with further proceedings directed; subsequent verdict and order affirmed with the parties ordered to proceed again in the Court of King’s Bench and Common Pleas (facts insufficient for Chancery).

Notes

Related to another Privy Council appeal:

Burke v Weir – Report No. ANT_1734_02 (APC, v.3 [306] p.417–418).

 

References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations

Table of Cases (Chester v Painter)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

 

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Other Documents

Other DocumentsThis case and the points of law agreed upon on the appeal are reported sub nom. Chester v Painter, 2 P. Wms. 335–8, 24 Eng. Rep. 755–6 (PC 1725). 
Library Ames Foundation: (2 pages) (Source: English Reports – CommonLIIorg.)

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Other DocumentsSummarized in 2 Eq. Cas. Abr. 313–14 pl. 21, 22 Eng. Rep. 266 (PC ?1721). 
Library Ames Foundation: (1 page) (Source: HeinOnline [available by subscription]. HeinOnline styles this case as Chester [Bishop of] v Painter, which is quite misleading. Eq. Cas. Abr. styles it simply as Chester and Painter. This entry attributes the case to Hilary 1721, though it cites as its source P. Wms., which has the correct year, but no term.)

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Other DocumentsAnd in 2 Eq. Cas. Abr. 375 pl. 24, 22 Eng. Rep. 319 (PC 1725). 
Library Ames Foundation: (1 page) (Source: HeinOnline [available by subscription]. HeinOnline styles this case as Chester [Bishop of] v Painter, which is quite misleading. Eq. Cas. Abr. styles it simply as Chester and Painter. The entry attributes the case to Hilary 1725, citing as its source P. Wms., which has the same year, but no term.)

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Other DocumentsAnd in 2 Eq. Cas. Abr. 560 pl. 6, 22 Eng. Rep. 472 (PC 1725). 
Library Ames Foundation: (1 page) (Source: HeinOnline [available by subscription]. HeinOnline styles this case as Chester [Bishop of] v Painter, which is quite misleading. Eq. Cas. Abr. styles it simply as Chester and Painter. The entry attributes the case to Hilary 1725, citing as its source P. Wms., which has the same year, but no term.)

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Other DocumentsIt is cited by the reporter in confirmation of the ruling in Laundry v Williams, 2 P. Wms. 478, 480, 24 Eng. Rep. 823, 824 (Ch. 1728). 
Library Ames Foundation: (2 pages) (Source: HeinOnline [available by subscription].)

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