| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. 11_1745_02 |
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Rhode Island |
| Case Name Short |
Potter v Freeborn |
| Case Name Long |
John Potter v Joseph and Dorcas Freeborn |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [16] p.12 – 7 November 1745 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.10 (1 March 1745 – 31 July 1746) p.242: PC 2/99/242 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [16] p.12–13 – 30 June 1752 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.11 (1 August 1746 – 30 April 1748) p.190: PC 2/100/190 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.14 (1 April 1752 – 31 December 1753) p.155: PC 2/103/155 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [16] p.13 – 6 August 1752 – entry 3 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.14 (1 April 1752 – 31 December 1753) p.158–160, 177–178: PC 2/103/158–160, 177–178 |
Colonial Courts |
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Inferior Court – 21 February 1744 Superior Court – 27 March 1744 |
Participants |
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Baker, Fotherley (solicitor for Dorcas Freeborn) Freeborn, Dorcas (wife, later widow, of Joseph Freeborn) Freeborn, Joseph (husband, later deceased, of Dorcas Freeborn) Paris, Mr. (solicitor for John Potter) Potter, John, yeoman, of South Kingstown in King’s County (executor of Samuel Potter) Potter, Samuel |
Description |
Action of debt arising, according to Bilder, Salamanders and Sons of God, p.304, from an inheritance dispute |
Disposition |
Affirmed |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Potter v Freeborn) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case | Case of the appellant (Potter) |
| Note | Not found |
| Respondent’s case | Case of the respondent (Freeborn) |
| Counsel | [Signed] Al. Forrester |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: Sir George Lee collection (2 copies of the respondent’s case) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |