1798–1799
ArrestmentAlimentTrespassPoindingInterlocutorPenaltyJohn Loch pursued Alexander Tweedie regarding damages caused by Tweedie’s trespassing sheep, defending his poinding of the flocks and asserting statutory rights to distrain while disputing the defender’s allegations as to penalties and damages. Tweedie repeatedly petitioned the Court to alter interlocutors, first regarding Lord Craig’s order and later challenging subsequent decisions, while Loch reclaimed against an Inner House interlocutor and submitted defenses supported by witness testimony. Tweedie answered Loch’s reclaiming petition and continued to seek alteration of the Court’s interlocutors through November 1799.AI-generated
Documents in this case (7)
- Loch v. Tweedie — Petition, 20 Feb 1798February 20, 1798 Petition of Alexander Tweedie asking the Court to alter Lord Craig's interlocutor
- John Loch v. Alexander Tweedie — Answers, 19 May 1798John Loch defends poinding Tweedie’s trespassing sheep, disputing penalties and damage claims while asserting statutory rights and witness testimony.
- Tweedie — Petition, 11 Dec 1798December 11, 1798 Petition of Alexander Tweedie, Tenant in Dreva, asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor
- Loch v. Tweedie — Petition, 8 Feb 1799February 8, 1799 Reclaiming Petition of John Loch, Esq; against Innerhouse Interlocutor
- John Loch v. Alexander Tweedie — Answers, 4 Apr 1799April 4, 1799 Answers by Alexander Tweedie to the petition of John Loch, Esq, responding to claims of trespass and damages by his flocks.
- Loch v. Tweedie — Petition, 12 Nov 1799November 12, 1799 Petition of Alexander Tweedie asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor
People & places in this case
People involved
- William Loch, of Hawkshaw — Party
- David Cathcart, Lord Alloway — Advocate for Party
- Alexander White — Advocate for Party
- William Craig, Lord Craig — Lord Ordinary
- Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank — Lord Ordinary
- Sir William Honyman, Lord Armadale — Lord Ordinary
- Captain William Dickson, of Ednam — Named in case documents
- William Neilson — Named in case documents
