Wemyss v. Hope

Francis Charteris, Earl of Wemyss, petitioned the Court to alter Lord Ankerville's interlocutor in his action against Sir Archibald Hope concerning coal rights in Woolmet and Hill. Hope answered, disputing Wemyss's arguments on the merits of the coal rights, and separately petitioned to alter the same interlocutor insofar as it repelled his objection of *res judicata*. The litigation thus involved competing petitions to alter the interlocutory judgment, presenting both substantive questions of mineral rights and procedural questions of claim preclusion.AI-generated