Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1777_07

Roberts v Johnson

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

John and Mary Roberts v Milbee Johnson, Francis Boyce, Edward Chaplin, Stephen Charles Craford, and Elizabeth Truxton

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [357] p.456 (13 Aug. 1777 – 16 June 1779)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.14 (June 1777 – March 1778) p.206–207, 402–403: PC 2/121/206–207, 402–403

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.16 (Oct. 1778 – June 1779) p.494–495, 533: PC 2/123/494–495, 533

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 23 April 1776

 

Participants

Boyce, Francis, respondent (executor of John Truxton)

 

Brere, Noah, master in Chancery

 

Chaplin, Edward, respondent (executor of John Truxton)

 

Craford, Stephen Charles, respondent (executor of John Truxton)

 

Johnson, Milbee, respondent (executor of John Truxton)

 

Roberts, John, appellant (husband of Mary)

 

Roberts, Mary, appellant (wife of John)

 

Truxton, Elizabeth, spinster, respondent

 

Truxton, John, deceased

 

Truxton, Richard, deceased

 

Description

Action for legacies and an annuity under a will.

Disposition

Appeal dismissed by consent with costs.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Committee report (Roberts v Johnson) – 3 June 1779 (PC 1/56/79) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [984] p.576.

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