Legal Subject: Liferenter

Case Date Legal Subject Abstract
Logan and Others v. Reid 1799 Property rights, Liferenter, Aliment, Succession, Teinds, Glebe Reid, the minister of the Parish of New Cumnock, life on lands owned by Logan. The previous minister had planted trees surrounding his Glebe lands and they were admired by the community, but when the Minister died and Reid succeeded him, Reid began to chop down the trees. Logan, as the owner of the land, sued to stop the further removal of the trees.
Rollo v. Irving and Others 1800 Liferent, Succession, Fiar, Trustees, Liferenter, Trust Pursuer Margaret Rollo (alias Houstoun) held stock of the Bank of Scotland in liferent, while the fee interest was held by trustees of her late husband, Alexander Houstoun. When the Bank paid an extraordinary dividend, Mrs. Houstoun brought this case to determine whether the dividend belonged to her (i.e., to the liferenter) or to the trustees.

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