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Tait v. Lord Stonefield's Interlocutor — Petition, 13 Dec 1796

Date
13 Dec 1796
Type
Petition
Case
Tait v. Lord Stonefield's Interlocutor
Author
Henry David Inglis
Length
10 pages
Repository
University of Virginia Law Library (Special Collections)
Container
UVALL Box 15
Marginalia
Yes
Appendix
1 item (3 pp.)
Abstract
AI-generated
John Tait, as factor for Spens’s executors, claims Gillons owe 82l. 8s. 9d. from Spens’s 1780 holograph account, rejecting defenders’ inflated 106l. 17s. 3d. claim.

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Appendix (from p. 12)

  • Schedule of accounts, bills, and receipts relating to Mr Robert Gillon and Mr Thomas Gillon (1771-1780).
  • Account of Charge and Discharge betwixt Mr Robert Gillon, Minister at St Boswell's, and Lawrence Spens, Writer, Edinburgh.
  • Account betwixt the Rev. Mr Robert Gillon and the deceased Lawrence Spens, Writer in Edinburgh.
  • Petition of Walter Spens, Merchant in London, and William Blair, Writer to the Signet, against Lord Stonefield's Interlocutor (4 July 1798).

People in this document

  • Robert Blair, of Avontoun, Lord Avontoun✳
  • John Campbell, Lord Stonefield✳
  • John Goodwillie✳

Subjects

  • Debt✳
  • Aliment✳
  • Succession✳
  • Tack✳
  • Factor✳
  • Creditor✳
  • Action✳
  • Interest✳

Places mentioned

  • St Boswells✳
  • Kirkurd✳
  • Edinburgh✳
  • London✳
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