Case Name: John Cattell and Benjamin Cattell Executors and Trustees of William Cattell v. William Walter John Cattell and Charles Cattell and others
Court: Court of Chancery of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1756-09-16
Citations: 1 Rec. Co. Ch. (S.C.) 484
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Cattell and Benjamin Cattell Executors and Trustees of William Cattell v. William Walter John Cattell and Charles Cattell and others
Judges: Present, His Excellency William Henry Lyttelton Esquire Governor; The Honorable William Bull, Edward Fenwicke, James Michié, Othniel Beale, Henry Middleton, Esquires; John Bassnett, Esq., Master.
Reporter: Records of the court of Chancery of South Carolina, 1671-1779
Volume: 1
Pages: 484–485

Head Matter:
Present, His Excellency William Henry Lyttelton Esquire Governor; The Honorable William Bull, Edward Fenwicke, James Michié, Othniel Beale, Henry Middleton, Esquires; John Bassnett, Esq., Master.
John Cattell and Benjamin Cattell Executors and Trustees of William Cattell v. William Walter John Cattell and Charles Cattell and others
William Henry Lyttelton as a young lawyer of thirty-one, in 1755 vacated his seat in Parliament and sailed for Charleston to replace James Glen as governor. Captured by the French, he did not arrive until June 1, 1756. Without experience in colonial affairs, he has been blamed for increased legislative friction and aggravated Indian relations. Sat'Dictionary of American Biography.
John Bassnett succeeded paralyzed William Pinckney as master. In 1735 he had married Elizabeth Burden(P), and apparently made his home on his plantation in Christ Church Parish. He died in March 1761. (SCHGM, XXVI, 173, 174; X, 161.)

Opinion:
This Cause coming on this day to be heard upon Bill and Answer by Consent of all Parties; The Substance of the Bill was opened by Mr. Graeme of Counsel for the Complainants, as was also the Substance of the Defendants several Answers put in to the same by their respective Counsel, Whereupon and on Debate of the Matter and hearing what was alledged by Counsel learned on all Sides, and on reading a Letter produced to this Court, Subscribed by all the Parties to their respective Sollicitors in this Cause, The Court thought to take further time to advise on the premisses till the Munday next after the Sitting of the Court of Common Pleas in November Term next; And it is Ordered that the Council Do in the mean time lay before the Court Copies of the Testator's Will with Abstracts of the Bill and Answers in this Cause.
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