1793
DebtTrustCreditorBankruptcyInfeftmentAlimentDavid Steuart, trustee on the sequestrated estate of James Stein, petitioned the Court to alter an interlocutor pronounced by the Lord Justice-Clerk, and James Craig, trustee on the sequestrated estate of John Stein, answered that a heritable bond ought to be held in trust for John Stein to the extent of £6,437:7:6. The litigation thus presented a contest between competing trustees regarding the allocation of assets between the two bankrupt estates.AI-generated
Documents in this case (4)
- The Creditors of James Stein v. Newnham, Everett and Company — Petition, 8 Feb 1793February 8, 1793 Petition of David Steuart, Esq. asking the Court to alter the Lord Justice-Clerk's interlocutor
- David Steuart v. James Craig — Answers, 11 Apr 1793April 11, 1793 Answers by James Craig, Trustee on the sequestrated Estate of John Stein, to the petition of David Steuart, Trustee on the sequestrated Estate of James Stein, arguing that the heritable bond must be held …
People & places in this case
People involved
- Robert Stein — Party
- James Stein — Party
- Sir John Steuart, of Allanbank, 3rd Baronet of Nova Scotia — Party
- Claud Irvine Boswell, of Balmuto, Lord Balmuto — Advocate for Party
- Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank — Advocate for Party
