| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. 09_1773_00 |
|
North Carolina |
| Case Name Short |
Nash v Dobbs |
| Case Name Long |
Abner Nash v Conway Richard Dobbs and Edward Brice Dobbs |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.5 [243] p.359 – 26 March 1773 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.10 (January 1773 – April 1774) p.103: PC 2/117/103 |
| APC Citation | v.5 [243] p.359 – 28 July 1773 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.10 (January 1773 – April 1774) p.258: PC 2/117/258 |
| APC Citation | v.5 [243] p.359 – 20 May 1774 – entry 3 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.11 (May 1774 – May 1775) p.48–55, 77: PC 2/118/48–55, 77 |
Colonial Courts |
|
Chancery – 16 January 1771 |
Participants |
|
Dobbs, Arthur, deceased former Governor and father of the Dobbs brothers Dobbs, Conway Richard, esquire, of Ireland (son of Arthur Dobbs) Dobbs, Edward Brice, esquire, of Ireland (son of Arthur Dobbs) Gregg, Frederick (attorney for Dobbs brothers in Carolina) Nash, Abner, attorney (husband of Justina Dobbs Nash) Nash, Justina Dobbs (widow of Arthur Dobbs and wife of Abner Nash) Smith, Samuel (agent of testator in London) Tryon, William, Governor |
Description |
Not stated in the APC. Inheritance dispute according to Committee report. |
Disposition |
Reversed |
Notes |
|
Arthur Dobbs served as Governor of the colony, 1754 – 1765 (commissioned 1753). Abner Nash served as Governor of the state, 1780–1781. Justina Dobbs is the stepmother of Conway and Edward Dobbs. |
|
|
DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 12 May 1774 – PC 1/56/74A | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [928] p.555 |