Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 05_1742_00 |
Francis v Jeffries |
Massachusetts |
Case Name Short |
Francis v Jeffries |
Case Name Long |
Abraham Francis and John and Hannah Jones v John Jeffries, Jonathan Armitage, David Colson, Alexander Forsythe, Caleb Lyman, Jonas Clarke and Thomas Hutchinson |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
APC Citation | v.3 [535] p.718 – 2 February 1742 – entry 1 |
PC Register Citation | George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.74: PC 2/97/74 |
APC Citation | v.3 [535] p.718 – 15 March 1742 – entry 2 |
PC Register Citation | George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.112: PC 2/97/112 |
APC Citation | v.3 [535] p.718 – 7 May 1742 – entry 3 |
PC Register Citation | George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.127, 130–131, 137–138: PC 2/97/127, 130–131, 137–138 |
APC Citation | v.3 [535] p.718 – 24 June 1742 – entry 4 |
PC Register Citation | George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.165–166: PC 2/97/165–166 |
APC Citation | v.3 [535] p.718–719 – 17 February 1743 – entry 5 |
PC Register Citation | George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.211, 315, 325–328, 346, 392, 400–401: PC 2/97/211, 315, 325–328, 346, 392, 400–401 |
APC Citation | v.3 [535] p.719 – 11 April 1745 – entry 6 |
PC Register Citation | George II v.9 (1 October 1743 – 27 February 1745) p.597, 673, 676, 681–684: PC 2/98/597, 673, 676, 681–684 |
PC Register Citation | George II v.10 (1 March 1745 – 31 July 1746) p.41–44: PC 2/99/41–44 |
Colonial Courts |
Superior Court of Judicature – Boston – 8 August 1738 |
Participants |
Armitage, Jonathan, selectman of Boston Baron, Timothy, cordwainer Billings, John, gentleman Billings, Richard, taylor Bromfield, Edward, selectman of Boston Bunker, Benjamin, tin plate worker Camo, Isaac, sadler Clarke, Jonas, selectman of Boston Clarke, Thomas, taylor Colson, David, selectman of Boston Craveth, Samuel, barber Downes, William, selectman of Boston Edwards, Samuel, goldsmith Forsythe, Alexander, selectman of Boston Francis, Abraham, merchant, of Boston in Suffolk County Garrish, Samuel, bookseller Hubbard, Thomas, in possession of the Brickshop Hutchinson, Thomas, selectman of Boston Jeffries, John, selectman of Boston Jones, Hannah (wife of John Jones) Jones, John, merchant, of Boston in Suffolk County (husband of Hannah Jones) Lyman, Caleb, selectman of Boston Rainger, Joseph, currier Welch, John, carver Winslow, Joshua, selectman of Boston |
Description |
Land in dispute in Boston being part of Bendalls Dock, formerly so called |
Disposition |
Affirmed |
Notes |
As the appeal proceeded, the makeup of the selectmen changed, with Bromfield, Downes, and Winslow replacing Lyman, Clarke, and Hutchinson. The case may also be referred to as Francis v The Selectmen of Boston (Smith, p.436). |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Francis v Jeffries; Francis v The Selectmen of Boston) |
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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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