| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. 13_1738_00 |
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Virginia |
| Case Name Short |
Hunt v Hill |
| Case Name Long |
William Hunt v James and Joyce Hill |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.3 [427] p.588 – 12 January 1738 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.5 (1 October 1736 – 4 September 1738) p.370: PC 2/94/370 |
| APC Citation | v.3 [427] p.588–590 – 27 November 1740 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.7 (1 April 1740 – 7 August 1741) p.175, 234, 235–240, 263: PC 2/96/175, 234, 235–240, 263 |
Colonial Courts |
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Royal Court – 15 April 1736 or 1737 following several trials |
Participants |
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Clopton, William (deceased partner of William Hunt) Franks, William Hill, James (husband of Joyce Hill) Hill, Joyce (wife of James Hill and executrix of William Clopton) Hunt, William, merchant, of London (partner of William Clopton) Lacy, Joseph Mason, William Merriwether, William |
Description |
Settlement of partnership account |
Disposition |
Affirmed “except the method of payment of the currency debt by an assignment of a moiety of the outstanding debts of the partnership, which is reversed,” according to the APC |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Hunt v Hill) |
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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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