Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1739_00

Gutturez v Forbes (3 appeals)

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Jacob Mendez Gutturez v William and Sarah Forbes (3 appeals)

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [475] p.644–645 (27 Sept. 1739 – 12 June 1749)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.6 (1 Oct. 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.350: PC 2/95/350

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  PC Register Note

(The APC erroneously cites this as v.7 of George II and suggests that the date is 27 Sep. 1740. In fact, it is in v.6, and the date is 27 Sep. 1739.)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.7 (1 April 1740 – 7 Aug. 1741) p.93, 105–107, 122–123: PC 2/96/93, 105–107, 122–123

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  PC Register Note

(The APC erroneously cites this as v.8 of George II.)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.10 (1 March 1745 – 31 July 1746) p.214–215: PC 2/99/214–215

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.12 (1 May 1748 – 29 March 1750) p.262–263: PC 2/101/262–263

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 20 Oct. 1738

 
 

Chancery – 29 Jan. 1745

 
 

Chancery – 22 Jan. 1748

 

Participants

Castro, Jacob de, deceased (executor of Moses Gutturez)

 

Forbes, Sarah, respondent (wife of William, daughter of Moses Gutturez, sister of Jacob, Joseph, and Leah [2] Gutturez, granddaughter and legatee of Leah [1] Gutturez)

 

Forbes, William, respondent (husband of Sarah)

 

Gutturez, Jacob, deceased (son and residuary legatee of Moses)

 

Gutturez, Jacob Mendez, merchant, appellant (executor of Moses)

 

Gutturez, Joseph, deceased (son and residuary legatee of Moses)

 

Gutturez, Judica, deceased (widow of Moses)

 

Gutturez, Leah (1), deceased (grandmother of Jacob, Joseph, Leah [2], and Sarah [now Sarah Forbes], legator of Leah [2] and Sarah [now Sarah Forbes])

 

Gutturez, Leah (2), deceased (daughter of Moses, sister of Jacob, Joseph, and Sarah [now Sarah Forbes], granddaughter and legatee of Leah [1])

 

Gutturez, Moses, deceased (husband of Judica, father of Jacob, Joseph, Leah [2], and Sarah [now Sarah Forbes], residuary legator of Jacob and Joseph)

 

Gutturez, Sarah – see Forbes, Sarah

 

Description

Concerning an estate and daughter's share of inheritance as if she “had continued in the Jewish Religion and had taken a Jew to husband.”

Disposition

First appeal affirmed with costs. Final outcome of conflict is not stated.

Notes

For the errors in the APC citations to the Privy Council registers, see the list of those citations above.

 

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

Table of Cases (Gutturez v Forbes)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

 

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