Legal Subject: Session-Clerk |
| Case | Date | Legal Subject | Abstract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nisbet, et al v. The kirk-session of West-kirk | 1773 | Election contest, Heritor, Session-Clerk, Election, Salmon Fishing, Succession | Sir John Nisbet and other heritors petitioned the Court against the kirk-session of West-kirk (St Cuthberts) for unilaterally electing a schoolmaster-clerk to serve as session-clerk and precentor without heritor consent. The kirk-session answered, admitting that it possessed no right to elect these parish officers without the consent of the heritors. |
Documents discussing this subject (8)
- APPENDIX. No. I. MINUTES of pro re nata Meeting of Presbytery, held on 24th July 1828 ; containing also MINUTES of Meeting of Heritors, held 27th June 1828.
- Erskine-1-Vol.-22 doc0054
- James Brown v. Rev. Dr. James M'Lean — Answers, 4 Feb 1823
- James Hogarth Balgarnie v. James Hamilton, Marquis of Abercorn, Sir William Hanmer Dick Cunyngham, and James Macfarlane — Productions, 27 Dec 1859
- Michael M'Culloch v. William Allen — Petitionand Complaint, 21 May 1791
- Mrs Catharine Baillie or Clark v. Jean Waddel and Andrew Fenwick — Answers, 7 Sep 1820 [3]
- Nisbet — Petition, 29 Jun 1773
- Westkirk — Answers, 29 Jul 1773
