1775–1776
DefamationJohn, Robert, and David Scotland sought damages from James Thomson, minister of Dunfermline, after Thomson preached two sermons accusing them of lying and corruption in connection with the Dunfermline election. Thomson claimed that it was his duty to censure wrongful behavior, and that the second sermon was justified by a provocative letter to the editor written by Robert Scotland.
Documents in this case (1)
- Scotlands v. Thomson — Petition, 14 Jul 1775July 14, 1775 Petition of John, Robert, and David Scotland, Merchants in Dunfermline, asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor
People & places in this case
People involved
- John Scotland — Petitioner
- Robert Scotland — Petitioner
- David Scotland — Petitioner
- James Thomson — Respondent
- David Rae — Advocate for Pursuer
- Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone — Lord Ordinary
- John Francis Erskine, Earl of Mar — Named in case documents
- Sir Lawrence Dundas — Named in case documents
- Colonel Archibald Campbell — Named in case documents
- Colonel James Masterton — Named in case documents
- John Kirk — Named in case documents
Places
- Dunfermline (principal)
Where this case took place
Published Reports
Mungo Brown, Supplement to the Dictionary of the Decisions of the Court of Session (1826), pg. 574
William Morison, The Decisions of the Court of Session (1811), pg. 13934, , pg. Reparation App. Pt. 1 P. 1
