Thomas Heggie, joined by a group of his creditors, obtained a sequestration of his bankrupt estate. As required by statute, the sequestration was based on the oaths of creditors whose debts amounted to a specified sum. Subsequently, a different creditor petitioned the court to recall the sequestration, on the ground that one of the oaths had been false. The creditors who obtained the sequestration argued that it could not be recalled on that basis.
People involved
- John Beadie — Petitioner
- Eleonora Skeills — Respondent
- Thomas Heggie — Respondent
- Patrick Millar and Co. — Respondent
- David Muir — Respondent
- James Rennie Jr. — Respondent
- Colin Henderson — Respondent
- James Skinner — Respondent
- Robert Sinclair — Advocate for Petitioner
- John Pringle — Advocate for Respondent
- William Craig, Lord Craig — Advocate for Respondent
- Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank — Advocate for Respondent
- Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland — Lord Ordinary
- Messrs. Falls — Named in case documents
- Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, 3rd Baronet of Nova Scotia — Named in case documents
- John Skeills — Named in case documents
- Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville — Named in case documents
Thomas Heggie, joined by a group of his creditors, obtained a sequestration of his bankrupt estate. As required by statute, the sequestration was based on the oaths of creditors whose debts amounted to a specified sum. Subsequently, a different creditor petitioned the court to recall the sequestration, on the ground that one of the oaths had been false. The creditors who obtained the sequestration argued that it could not be recalled on that basis.
