1792
DebtCreditorAlimentAssignmentAssignationArrestmentJohn Shoolbred, trustee for the creditors of Captain Charles Steuart Lindsay, sought to compel Lindsay to assign £40 per annum from his military half-pay pursuant to a court order. Lindsay resisted, maintaining that his half-pay was not assignable to creditors and that Shoolbred’s claim thereto was ineffectual. The case turned on whether half-pay could be made liable to the claims of creditors.AI-generated
Documents in this case (2)
- John Shoolbred v. Captain Charles Steuart Lindsay — Memorial, 5 Jan 1792January 5, 1792 Memorial of John Shoolbred, Merchant in London, Trustee for the Creditors of Captain Charles Steuart Lindsay, arguing that the suspender must assign L. 40 per annum from his half-pay as ordered by the Co…
- Charles Steuart Lindsay v. John Shoolbred — Memorial, 15 May 1792May 15, 1792 Memorial of Charles Steuart Lindsay, arguing that his half-pay is not assignable to creditors and that Mr Shoolbred's claim to it is ineffectual
People & places in this case
People involved
- William Webster — Party
- Dr. Robert Lindsay — Party
- Alexander Watt — Party
- Robert Steel — Advocate for Party
- Sir William Miller, Lord Glenlee, 2nd Baronet of Glenlee — Advocate for Party
- John Allan — Advocate for Party
- John Duncan — Advocate for Party
- Henry Swan — Advocate for Party
- Thomas Wylie Webster — Advocate for Party
- Charles Hay, of Newton, Lord Newton — Advocate for Party
- Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville — Lord Ordinary
