| Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 05_1735_02 |
Leighton v Frost |
Massachusetts |
| Case Name Short |
Leighton v Frost |
| Case Name Long |
William Leighton v John Frost |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.3 [345] p.461–462 – 16 May 1735 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.4 (1 August 1734 – 23 September 1736) p.164–165: PC 2/93/164–165 |
| APC Citation | v.3 [345] p.462–466 – 2 April 1736 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.4 (1 August 1734 – 23 September 1736) p.179–180, 200, 217–218, 223, 419, 421–425: PC 2/93/179–180, 200, 217–218, 223, 419, 421–425 |
| APC Citation | v.3 [345] p.466 – 29 April 1736 – entry 3 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.4 (1 August 1734 – 23 September 1736) p.438: PC 2/93/438 |
| APC Citation | v.3 [345] p.466 – 21 December 1738 – entry 4 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.6 (1 October 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.66, 11 recte 111–112: PC 2/95/66, 11 recte 111–112 |
| APC Citation | v.3 [345] p.466–469 – 23 February 1739 – entry 5 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.6 (1 October 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.113–118 recte 112–117 : PC 2/95/113–118 recte 112–117 |
| PC Register Note | The citation in the APC to p.113–118 should be to p.112–117. |
| APC Citation | v.3 [345] p.469 – 22 March 1739 – entry 6 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.6 (1 October 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.137–142: PC 2/95/137–142 |
| APC Citation | v.3 [345] p.469 – 23 March 1743 – entry 7 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.351–352: PC 2/97/351–352 |
| APC Citation | v.3 [345] p.469 – 31 May 1743 – entry 8 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.420: PC 2/97/420 |
| APC Citation | v.3 [345] p.469–470 – 21 June 1743 – entry 9 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.452–453: PC 2/97/452–453 |
Colonial Courts |
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Inferior Court of Common Pleas of York County – 2 April 1734 Superior Court of Judicature for the county of York – 19 June 1734 |
Participants |
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Belcher, Mr., Governor of Massachusetts Bay Dunbar, Col. David, Surveyor–General of His Majesty’s Woods in North America Frost, Charles, esquire, deceased Frost, John, yeoman, of Berwick in the county of York Gulston, Ralph, merchant, of London Joy, Ephraim Leighton, William, gentleman, of Kittery in what was formerly called Maine – workman for Ralph Gulston at the direction and order of Samuel Waldo Sharpe, W., Clerk of the Council Waldo, Samuel, merchant, of Boston (agent for Ralph Gulston) |
Description |
Action of trespass relating to the cutting of trees in Maine reserved to the crown for the Royal Navy |
Disposition |
Reversed |
Notes |
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Jonathan Belcher was, at this time, the Governor of both Massachusetts and New Hampshire. For information about the relationship in this period between Maine and Massachusetts, see Wroth, “Maine Connection.” |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Leighton v Frost) (extensive discussion relating to the failure in Massachusetts to carry out the Order in Council for many years) |
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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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