| Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 11_1773_01 |
Sandford v Smith |
Rhode Island |
| Case Name Short |
Sandford v Smith |
| Case Name Long |
Giles and Elizabeth Sandford v Elizabeth and Isaac Smith, William Taggart, Israel and Sarah Church |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.5 [244] p.359–360 – 31 March 1773 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.9 (January – December 1772) p.480: PC 2/116/480 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.10 (January 1773 – April 1774) p.127–128: PC 2/117/127–128 |
| APC Citation | v.5 [244] p.360 – 4 August 1773 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.10 (January 1773 – April 1774) p.261, 266: PC 2/117/261, 266 |
Colonial Courts |
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Inferior Court – May 1771 Superior Court – September 1771 |
Participants |
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Church, Israel of Middletown in Newport county (husband of Sarah Church) Church, Sarah of Middletown in Newport county (wife of Israel Church) Sandford, Elizabeth (wife of Giles Sandford) Sandford, Giles (husband of Elizabeth Sandford) Smith, Edward Smith, Elizabeth of Middletown in Newport county Smith, Isaac of Middletown in Newport county Taggart, William of Middletown in Newport county |
Description |
Land in Middletown in dispute. Bilder, Transatlantic Constitution, p.276 n.33, adds that this is an inheritance dispute. |
Disposition |
Dismissed for non-prosecution |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 29 July 1773 – PC 1/55/72 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [907] p.539 |