| Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 11_1766_02 |
Lewis v Wilkinson |
Rhode Island |
| Case Name Short |
Lewis v Wilkinson |
| Case Name Long |
Robert Lewis and Ellis Lewis v Benjamin Wilkinson |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [650] p.759 – 28 May 1766 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.4 (1 October 1764 – 27 August 1766) p.638–639: PC 2/111/638–639 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [650] p.759 – 26 June 1767 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.5 (August 1766 – January 1768) p.322–323, 357–358: PC 2/112/322–323, 357–358 |
Colonial Courts |
|
Inferior Court – 18 June 1764 Unnamed – September 1764 Superior Court – Providence – March 1765 |
Participants |
|
Lewis, Ellis, merchant, of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania Lewis, Robert, merchant, of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania Wilkinson, Benjamin |
Description |
Land (trespass and ejectment) |
Disposition |
Affirmed |
Notes |
|
On the action of ‘trespass and ejectment’ involved here, see Additional Research. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Lewis v Wilkinson) |
|
|
DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Lewis) |
| Counsel | [Signed] Al. Forrester; Rd. Jackson |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36220 f.127–130 (Includes manuscript notes and in manuscript, f.134: “Robert and Ellis Lewis, Appellants. Benjamin Wilkinson, Respondent. Brief state of the Dispute and Observations of the Cases of both sides.”) |
| Library | Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: Treasure – Johnson 1770m and 2nd Fl Microfilm Cabinet – AA70 (Manuscript notes limited to ‘judgment affirmed’) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (Wilkinson) |
| Counsel | [Signed] C. Yorke; J. Dunning |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36220 f.131–133 (Includes manuscript notes and in manuscript, f.134: “Robert and Ellis Lewis, Appellants. Benjamin Wilkinson, Respondent. Brief state of the Dispute and Observations of the Cases of both sides.”) |
| Library | Columbia University. Diamond Law Library: Treasure – Johnson 1770m and 2nd Fl Microfilm Cabinet – AA70 |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 10 June 1767 – PC 1/53/60 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [761] p.453–454 |