The Heritors of Stewarton pursued the Trustees on the High Roads and William Cunningham regarding the administration of statute conversion money for highway repairs in the parish. The heritors argued that such funds were required to be expended annually on the public roads and could not be assigned to other purposes, while Cunningham contended that the trustees were not bound to yearly expenditure or to repay past misapplications, and further claimed that the trustees had unlawfully refused to apply the money to reimburse his personal advances for road works. The process included trustees' minutes from 1774 to 1791, which recorded road repairs, toll assignments, and Cunningham's appointment as principal overseer and collector, together with a report by the Sheriff-Depute on road conditions recommending specific repairs and toll-bars.AI-generated
Documents in this case (12)
- Heritors of Stewarton v. Trustees on the High Roads and William Cunningham, Esq. of Lainthaw — Memorial, 7 Jan 1797January 7, 1797 Memorial of the Heritors of Stewarton, arguing that the conversion money must be annually expended on the highways and cannot be assigned or applied to other purposes
- William Cunningham v. Matthew Wyllie — Memorial, 24 Jan 1797January 24, 1797 Memorial of William Cunningham, Esq. arguing that the trustees and collectors are not bound by the summons to expend the statute conversion money annually or to repay past misapplications
- Heritors of Stewarton v. The Trustees on the High Roads and William Cuninghame — Minutes, 6 Apr 1797Trustees' minutes from 1774-1791 detail road repairs, toll assignments, and disputes over statute money in Stewarton parish, culminating in William Cuninghame appointed principal overseer and collector.
- Matthew Wyllie, &c. v. Niel Snodgrass, &c. — Information, 13 Aug 1797August 13, 1797 Information of the Heritors and Possessors of Lands in Stewarton, arguing that the statute conversion money must be applied annually to repair public roads
- John Dalzell of Merryhill, and others v. William Cuninghame of Lainshaw — Information, 26 May 1797May 26, 1797 Information of William Cuninghame, Esq; of Lainshaw, arguing that the trustees unlawfully refused to apply conversion statute-money to repay his advances for road repairs
- Heritors of Stewarton v. Trustees on the High Roads, and Cunningham — Petition, 20 Jun 1797June 20, 1797 Petition of the Heritors of Stewarton, asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor
- Cunynnghame v. Whitefood, et al — Petition, 20 Jun 1797June 20, 1797 Petition of William Cunninghame asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor
- Cunningham — Memorial, 9 Jan 1798Captain John Cunningham, a 1780s Turnpike trustee, denies liability for a contract, claiming he wasn’t party to the 1780 assignment and wasn’t involved in later proceedings.
- Memorial M'Reddie, 9 Jan 1798January 9, 1798 Memorial of William M^cReddie of Piercetown, Esq; one of the Trustees on the Turnpike Roads in the County of Ayr, arguing that he was not personally liable for funds assigned to the pursuer under a statu…
- The Heritors of Stewarton v. The Trustees on the High Roads, and Will. Cunningham, Esq. — Report, 11 Jan 1798Report by Sheriff-Depute and William M'Dowall on road conditions in Stewarton parish, recommending repairs and toll-bars for key public roads.
