1787
TackArrestmentDebtLeaseRentSasineAlexander Bennet, as pursuer, challenged a tenant’s missive as invalid for lacking formality or stamp, and David Maxwell, as defender, responded asserting the missive’s validity under pacta esse servanda. Based on the single document cataloged for this case.
Documents in this case (1)
- Alexander Bennet v. David Maxwell — Answers, 4 Aug 1787David Maxwell responds to Alexander Bennet’s petition challenging a tenant’s missive as invalid for lacking formality or stamp, asserting its validity under Pacta esse servanda.
People & places in this case
People involved
- David Cathcart, Lord Alloway — Party
- John Campbell, Lord Stonefield — Lord Ordinary
Places
- Kirkcudbright (principal)
- Knocknean
- Urr
- Dumfries
