1793–1794
BankruptcyDebtArrestmentCreditorSequestrationBill of ExchangeHugh M'Hutcheon, trustee upon the sequestrated estate of John Tait, pursued Robert Welsh and Thomas Copland regarding payments received from Tait, disputing whether these transactions were void under the statute of 1696. Welsh and Copland argued that the remittances were made before sequestration and thus not void, while M'Hutcheon contended that the bills fell under the act as they were received after Tait's notour bankruptcy. After the Court pronounced an interlocutor against the defenders, they petitioned for its alteration, which M'Hutcheon opposed by asserting that Tait had been bankrupt and the bills were covered by the 1696 statute.AI-generated
Documents in this case (4)
- Hugh M'Hutcheon v. Robert Welsh and Thomas Copland — Information, 26 Jun 1793June 26, 1793 Information of Robert Welsh, younger, of Collin, and Thomas Copland, Merchant in Dal-beatie, arguing that remittances made by John Tait before sequestration were not void under the 1696 statute
- Hugh M'Hutcheon v. Robert Welsh and Thomas Copland — Information, 27 Jun 1793June 27, 1793 Information of Hugh M'Hutchon, trustee upon the sequestrated estate of John Tait, arguing that bills received by defenders after Tait's notour bankruptcy fall under the 1696 act
- Welsh — Petition, 11 Feb 1794February 11, 1794 Petition of Robert Welsh, Younger of Collin, and Thomas Copland, Merchant in Dalbeattie, asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor
- Robert Welsh and Thomas Copland v. Hugh M'Hutcheon — Answers, 1 Mar 1794March 1, 1794 Answers by Hugh M'Hutcheon of Chang, Trustee upon the sequestrated Estate of John Tait, responding to the petition of Robert Welsh and Thomas Copland, asserting that the bills in question fell under the ac…
People & places in this case
People involved
- William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry — Party
- Thomas Manson — Party
- James Stein — Party
- Archibald Fletcher, of Parkhill — Party
- Dugald Campbell, of Craignish — Party
- John Swinton, of Swinton — Party
- David Cathcart, Lord Alloway — Advocate for Party
- Robert Corbet — Advocate for Party
