1793
SuccessionDebtCreditorBankruptcyTrustAlimentHugh 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 retained the fee of an £8000 sterling trust as father notwithstanding the trustees' conveyance to his son. The creditors contended that company creditors who had drawn dividends in France must communicate those amounts before ranking against his Scottish funds.AI-generated
Documents in this case (5)
- William Barton, Messrs. Nisbet and Stewart, Messrs. Gerardot, Haller and Company, and Colin Mackenzie and Company v. Messrs. Robert and Henry Drummond and Company and others Creditors of the said Hugh Seton — Memorial, 20 Feb 1793February 20, 1793 Memorial of Hugh Seton of Touch, arguing that the funds at Boulogne belonged to the partnership of Charles and Hugh Smith and Company, not to him individually.
- Seton v. Creditors of Seton — Report and Exhibits, 26 Feb 1793A compilation of accounts, letters, and other evidence submitted in Seton v. Creditors of Seton. Marginal note identifies this report as part of Memorial of Drummonds Against Barton, 26 February 1793.
- Archibald Seton v. Robert and Henry Drummond — Memorial, 27 Feb 1793February 27, 1793 Memorial of Hugh Seton, asserting that the fee of the L. 8000 Sterling trust vested in him as father, not his son, and that the trustees' conveyance to his son in fee did not discharge his obligation
- Seton v. Creditors of Seton — Memorial, 25 Apr 1793April 25, 1793 Memorial of the common agent and creditors of Hugh Seton, arguing that company-creditors who drew dividends in France must communicate those sums before ranking on his Scottish funds
People & places in this case
People involved
- Henry Home Drummond, of Blairdrummond — Party
- James Bremner — Party
- Hugh Smith — Party
- Sir John Steuart, of Allanbank, 3rd Baronet of Nova Scotia — Party
- William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry — Party
- David Paterson — Party
- William Farquharson, of Bruxie and Monaltrie — Advocate for Party
- John Swinton, Lord Swinton — Lord Ordinary
