Alexander Bennet v. David Maxwell

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1787

TackArrestmentDebtLeaseRentSasine

Alexander Bennet, as pursuer, challenged a tenant’s missive as invalid for lacking formality or stamp, and David Maxwell, as defender, responded asserting the missive’s validity under pacta esse servanda. Based on the single document cataloged for this case.

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Alexander Bennet v. David Maxwell — Answers, 4 Aug 1787
David Maxwell responds to Alexander Bennet’s petition challenging a tenant’s missive as invalid for lacking formality or stamp, asserting its validity under Pacta esse servanda.

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David Cathcart, Lord Alloway — Party
John Campbell, Lord Stonefield — Lord Ordinary

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