1797
ArrestmentDebtSequestrationCreditorReductionInterlocutorJames Campbell petitioned the Court to alter its recent interlocutor regarding an arrested vessel, and George Easterby answered, arguing that Campbell’s bond of caution did not conform to the Admiral’s interlocutor and that the arrestment had caused no diminution in the ship’s value. The dispute thus turned on the sufficiency of the security offered and the effect of the seizure upon the vessel’s valuation.AI-generated
Documents in this case (2)
- Campbell — Petition, 24 Feb 1797February 24, 1797 Petition of James Campbell asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor
- James Campbell v. George Easterby — Answers, 6 Apr 1797April 6, 1797 Answers by George Easterby to the petition of James Campbell, agent George Watson, arguing that the petitioner's bond of caution does not conform to the Admiral's interlocutor and that the vessel's value w…
People & places in this case
People involved
- Robert Mitchell — Party
- Charles Mitchell — Party
- Ralph Dundas, of Manour — Party
- Thomas Walker Baird — Advocate for Party
- William Craig, Lord Craig — Lord Ordinary
- Henry Home, of Kames, Lord Kames — Lord Ordinary
