1793
SuccessionDeedReductionDispositionEntailTailzieSir John Ogilvy of Invercarity, Hope Stewart of Ballechin, and Miss Margaret Mercer Elphinstone challenged the validity of a deed of entail executed by Robert Mercer on 22 February 1791, arguing that it was void as a death‑bed settlement. Katharine Mercer subsequently petitioned the Court to alter the interlocutor pronounced in the case.AI-generated
Documents in this case (4)
- Sir John Ogilvy, Hope Stewart, Miss Margaret Mercer Elphinstone and George Keith Elphinstone v. Miss Katharine Mercer and others — Memorial, 7 Jan 1793January 7, 1793 Memorial of Sir John Ogilvy of Invercarity, Bart.; Hope Stewart of Ballechin, Esq; and Miss Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, arguing that the deed of entail executed by Robert Mercer on February 22, 1791, is…
- Mercer — Petition, 12 Jun 1793June 12, 1793 Petition of Katharine Mercer asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor
People & places in this case
People involved
- James Mercer — Party
- John Ogilvie — Party
- William Mackenzie, of Belmaduthie — Advocate for Party
- William Tait — Advocate for Party
- Sir William Miller, Lord Glenlee, 2nd Baronet of Glenlee — Advocate for Party
- Sir James Mackenzie, of Royston, Lord Royston — Lord Ordinary
- Henry Home, of Kames, Lord Kames — Lord Ordinary
- Sir David Kinloch, of Gilmerton, Baronet — Named in case documents
- John Hagart, of Cairnmuir and Glendelvine — Named in case documents
Where this case took place
Published Reports
William Morison, The Decisions of the Court of Session (1811), pg. 15950
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