1793–1794
SuccessionPossessionContractPrescriptionDebtTeindsHeirs of Sir Robert Maxwell petitioned the court regarding title to Kirkcudbright Castle and its lands, challenging a 1793 interlocutor by claiming through Maclellane heirs and a 1664 contract with Sir David Dunbar and arguing that unfulfilled conditions invalidated Dunbar’s claims. William Kirkpatrick, trustee for Robert Maxwell, defended his title under a 1740 deed and 1762 trust. The heirs subsequently resisted Kirkpatrick’s eviction attempt by asserting rights through prescription and prior appraisings.AI-generated
Documents in this case (6)
- Maxwells — Petition, 5 Jun 1793Petitioners, heirs of Sir Robert Maxwell, challenge a 1793 interlocutor claiming title via Maclellane heirs and a 1664 contract with Sir David Dunbar, arguing unfulfilled conditions invalidate Dunbar’s claims and their …
- Maxwells v. Kirkpatrick — Answers, 5 Sep 1793William Kirkpatrick, trustee for Robert Maxwell, defends title to Castle and Castle-lands of Kirkcudbright via 1740 deed and 1762 trust, rejecting Maxwells’ claim.
- William Kirkpatrick v. Anne, Barbara, Elizabeth, Henrietta, and Agnes Maxwells, and the Husbands of the said Anne, Barbara, and Elizabeth Maxwells — Memorial, 4 Sep 1794September 4, 1794 Memorial of William Kirkpatrick of Netherhazlefield, trustee for Robert Maxwell, arguing that the defenders have no valid title to the Castle and Castle-lands of Kirkcudbright
- Anne, Barbara, Elizabeth, Henrietta and Agnes Maxwells v. William Kirkpatrick — Memorial, 9 Oct 1794Defenders, heirs of Sir Robert Maxwell, claim title to Kirkcudbright Castle via prescription and prior appraisings, resisting trustee William Kirkpatrick’s eviction attempt.
People & places in this case
People involved
- James Crichton — Party
- John Macculloch IV, of Barholm — Party
- William Morison — Party
- Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick — Party
- John Macdowall — Party
- John Newall, of Barskeoch — Party
- John Dalrymple, Earl of Stair — Party
- Dunbar Hamilton Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk — Party
- Samuel Maclellan — Party
- Robert Maclellan — Party
- William Lindsay — Party
- John Hutton — Party
- William Maxwell Morison — Party
- Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon — Party
- John Lawrie — Party
- John Clerk, Lord Eldin — Advocate for Party
- James Burnett, Lord Monboddo — Lord Ordinary
- James Ferguson, 2nd Laird of Pitfour, Lord Pitfour — Lord Ordinary
- James Murray, of Broughton — Lord Ordinary
- James Wylie — Named in case documents
