8 Feb 1785
This case was about a jointure (estate) settled on Janet Duncan, the second wife of John Sloss Sr., in a contract of marriage. Sloss’s heir, John Sloss Jr., argued that the jointure should be reduced because it was exorbitant and irrational.
People involved
- Janet Duncan — Pursuer
- John Sloss Jr. — Defender
- Thomas Paterson — Named in case documents
- William Craig, Lord Craig — Advocate for Pursuer
- Matthew Ross, of Candie — Advocate for Defender
- Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone — Lord Ordinary
- John Sloss Sr. — Named in case documents
- Janet Herbertson — Named in case documents
- Daniel Baxter — Named in case documents
- William Sloss — Named in case documents
- Samuel Duncan — Named in case documents
- John Gibson — Named in case documents
Places
This case was about a jointure (estate) settled on Janet Duncan, the second wife of John Sloss Sr., in a contract of marriage. Sloss’s heir, John Sloss Jr., argued that the jointure should be reduced because it was exorbitant and irrational.
Published Reports
William Morison, The Decisions of the Court of Session (1811), pg. 987
