| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. 05_1755_00 |
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Massachusetts |
| Case Name Short |
Bannister v Cunningham |
| Case Name Long |
John Bannister and Frances Bowen v Nathaniel Cunningham |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [261] p.285 – 6 February 1755 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.15 (1 January 1754 – 31 December 1755) p.323: PC 2/104/323 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [261] p.285 – 24 June 1755 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.15 (1 January 1754 – 31 December 1755) p.439–440, 455: PC 2/104/439–440, 455 |
Colonial Courts |
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Superior Court – Boston – 19 February 1754 |
Participants |
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Bannister, John, merchant, of Newport in Rhode Island (brother of Frances Bowen and administrator of his deceased brother Samuel Bannister) Bannister, Samuel, merchant, of Stonington, New London in Connecticut (deceased brother of John Bannister and Frances Bowen) Bowen, Frances (sister of John and Samuel Bannister and widow of William Bowen of Boston) Bowen, William, gentleman, of Boston (deceased husband of Frances Bowen) Cunningham, Nathaniel |
Description |
Land (action of ejectment) in Boston |
Disposition |
Not stated in Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
Notes |
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On the action of ejectment involved here, see Additional Research. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Bannister v Cunningham) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |
Other Documents |
| Other Documents | See the extensive report on the colonial court proceedings in the parallel case of Banister v Henderson in Quincy, Massachusetts Reports 1761–1772, p. 119–159, with references to this case. |