Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 04_1776_00 |
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Maryland |
Case Name Short |
Chew v Weems Heeltap v Weems |
Case Name Long |
Crispin Heeltap on the demise of William Chew v James Weems and David Weems |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
APC Citation | v.5 [330] p.438 – 3 January 1776 – entry 1 |
PC Register Citation | George III v.12 (June 1775 – May 1776) p.295, 394: PC 2/119/295, 394 |
Colonial Courts |
Provincial Court – 8 September 1772 Court of Appeals and Errors – 21 February 1775 |
Participants |
Chew, William Heeltap, Crispin of Ann Arundel county (lessee of William Chew) Weems, David Weems, James Weems, John |
Description |
Action of ejectment |
Disposition |
Not stated in Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
Notes |
As the Privy Council register makes clear, the ejectment action was originally brought by Heeltap and Chew. A judgment in their favor was reversed in the Court of Appeals and Errors, from which they appealed to the Privy Council. Crispin Heeltap and the lease to him are probably fictitious. ‘Heeltap’ is much more often found as a common noun than as a surname. On the action of ejectment involved here, see Additional Research, which provides further support for the proposition that Heeltap is fictional. |
Additional Sources |
See the report on the colonial court proceedings in Harris, Maryland Reports, under the name Chew’s Lessee v Weems. |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
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Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
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