Fabrigas v Mostyn
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1779 |
| Date | 01 January 1779 |
English Reports Citation: 96 E.R. 549
COURTS OF WESTMINSTER-HALL
Fabrigas
and
Mostyn
[929] fabrigas v. mostyn. When there is a bill of exceptions, a new trial shall not be moved for on the point of law contained therein. In personal torta the Court will very rarely grant a new trial for excessive damages. Action of trespass and false imprisonment by the plaintiff, a native Minorquin, against the defendant, who was Governor of Minorca. On the trial a question was moved, whether the action lay in England for such an injury committed against a mere native of the island, and Gould, J., before whom it was tried, ruled that it...
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2 cases
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R (Bancoult) v Foreign Secretary (No 2)
...ipso facto abrogated." Among the authorities cited in support of that proposition is a passage from the judgment of Lord de Grey CJ in Fabrigas v Mostyn (1773) 20 St Tr 82. In 1771 Minorca was a ceded colony of the British Crown. The Governor, General Mostyn, apparently fearing that Fabriga......
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Goodyer St. John, Esq. v John Lord Bishop of Winchester, and Robert Hill, Clerk
...chapel. Therefore judgment was given here for the defendant. But on a writ of error in the King's Bench, that Court (o), in Trin. 14 Geo. 396 E.R. 549 COURTS OF WESTMINSTER-HALL Goodyer St. John Esq. and John Lord Bishop of Winchester, and Robert Hill Clerk. [930] goodybr st. john, esq. v. ......
