Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1746_03

Williams v Witter

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Sarah Williams, James Barclay, and John Lewis v Norwood and Bonilla Witter, and Benjamin and Hannah Blake

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [42] p.36 (17 Nov. 1746 – 8 Sept. 1747)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.11 (1 August 1746 – 30 April 1748) p.42, 331–332, 344–345, 345, 362–365, 383–384: PC 2/100/42, 331–332, 344–345, 345, 362–365, 383–384

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Governor as Ordinary – 5 May 1746

 

Participants

Barclay, James, of Kingston, Jamaica, appellant (administrator of John Williams, attorney for Sarah Williams)

 

Blake, Benjamin, respondent (administrator of John Williams)

 

Blake (née Williams), Hannah, respondent (sister of Bonella Witter, sister and administratrix of John Williams)

 

Forrester, Mr. ___ (attorney for Norwood and Bonella Witter and Benjamin and Hannah Blake)

 

Lewis, John, of the parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica, appellant (administrator of John Williams, attorney for Sarah Williams)

 

Paris, Mr. [F.J.] (attorney for Norwood and Bonella Witter and Benjamin and Hannah Blake)

 

Patterson, James, of the county of Westmoreland, Jamaica (?administrator of John Williams, attorney for Sarah Williams)

 

Trelawny, Governor [Edward]

 

Williams, Bonella – see Witter, Bonella

 

Williams, Hannah – see Blake, Hannah

 

Williams, John, deceased (husband of Sarah, brother of Bonella [now Bonella Witter] and Hannah [now Hannah Blake])

 

Williams, Sarah, appellant (widow of John)

 

Witter (née Williams), Bonella, respondent (sister of Hannah Blake, sister and administratrix of John Williams)

 

Witter, Norwood, respondent (administrator of John Williams)

 

Description

Concerning the administration of an estate.

Disposition

Administration cancelled and granted instead to appellants.

Notes

Related to other Privy Council appeals:

Witter v Doe – Report No. JAM_1750_02 (APC, v.4 [142] p.110–111)

Doe v Witter, Doe v Blake – Report No. JAM_1764_05 (APC, v.4 [583] p.694–695)

Perrin v Blake, Perrin v Witter – Report No. JAM_1777_05 (APC, v.5 [355] p.455).


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