Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1746_02

Gale v Strachan

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Isaac Gale v Alexander Strachan, Edward Wilson, Richard Basnett, and the Attorney General

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [41] p.35–36 (17 Nov. 1746 – 29 March 1750)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.11 (1 August 1746 – 30 April 1748) p.41: PC 2/100/41

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.12 (1 May 1748 – 29 March 1750) p.204, 299, 340–348, 528: PC 2/101/204, 299, 340–348, 528

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 5 Feb. 1746

 

Participants

Basnett, Mary, deceased (assignor of Isaac Gale)

 

Basnett, Richard, respondent

 

Gale, Dorothy (wife of Isaac)

 

Gale, Hon. Isaac, esquire, of the parish of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, appellant (husband of Dorothy, representative, assignee, and residuary legatee of Mary Basnett)

 

Hamilton, Dr. William

 

Jamaica, attorney general of, respondent

 

Strachan, Alexander, respondent (trustee of Mary Basnett)

 

Wilson, Edward, respondent (trustee of Mary Basnett)

 

Description

Concerning land (will of Mary Basnett, femme coverte) and a bill for payment that was dismissed for want of parties.

Disposition

One bill dismissed in part with orders for a future accounting; another bill dismissed with costs. No costs are awarded on the appeal.

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

Table of Cases (Gale v Strachan)


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Printed Cases

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

 

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