Cases connected to this place (8)
- Cameron v. CameronRo. Craigie petitioned the Court to alter the Lord Ordinary's interlocutors sustaining claims to the lands of Laick and Branahawn. The respondent argued that the lease of those lands secured by her father ought to be up…
- Seton v. Creditors of SetonHugh Seton of Touch disputed his creditors' claims to certain assets, arguing that funds held at Boulogne were partnership property of Charles and Hugh Smith and Company rather than his individual estate, and that he re…
- Drummond and Drummond, et al v. Barton, et al.The pursuers, as common agent and creditors of Hugh Seton, argued against Barton, et al that company-creditors who drew dividends in France must communicate those sums before ranking on Seton’s Scottish funds. Based on …
- Jack and Others v. Murdoch, Fearns and CompanyDigitization and description in progress.
- Joseph Knight, a Negro v. John Wedderburn, EsqJoseph Knight, an enslaved African man, sued John Wedderburn to obtain his freedom from perpetual servitude after Wedderburn denied him housing for his wife and refused to allow him to leave service. Knight challenged W…
- Thomas Stoddart v. M'Quan, Beck, and CompanyAround 1765 MacWhan, Beck, and Company participated in a number of smuggling adventures with Currie, Park, and Company. In 1768, David Currie pressed upon John Beck to accept a bill for £163 on the account kept between …
- William Palmer v. Charles HuttonWilliam Palmer, as charger, pursued Charles Hutton, as suspender, over the lawfulness of a vessel purchase and whether Palmer’s claim for recompence was barred. Hutton answered in 1783 that the purchase was lawful and t…
