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Petition — John Rutherfoord, Esq. against an Inner-House Interlocutor

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Petition of John Rutherfoord asking the Court to review an Inner-House interlocutor finding him liable in damages for alleged collusion with defender Thomson to obstruct service of Mrs Somerville as heir.

Petition — John Thomson against an Inner House Interlocutor

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Petition of John Thomson, asking the Court to alter its recent interlocutor

Dr William Sommerville v. John Rutherfoord — Answers, 8 Jul 1814

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Answers by John Rutherfoord to the petition of Dr William Sommerville, arguing that sequestration is incompetent as neither party has attained possession and the case does not fall under creditor competition rules.

APPENDIX. No. I. MINUTE for William Somerville, Esq. Deputy-Inspector of Army Hospitals, in the Action of Mails and Duties at the Instance of Joseph Thomson, late of the Island of

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Somerville seeks to protect his marital liferent in Knowsouth from Thomson’s debt enforcement, offering payment under valid title to avoid prejudice.

Petition — Dr Somerville for Sequestration of the Estate of Knowsouth

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Petition of Dr William Somerville asking the Court to sequestrate the estate of Knowsouth and appoint a judicial factor to manage it pending final determination of his liferent claim.

John Rutherfoord v. William Somerville — Memorial, 21 Apr 1814

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Captain John Rutherfoord sues Dr William Somerville and others for alleged conspiracy to obstruct his wife’s inheritance of Knowsouth estate, claiming wrongful deprivation of pecuniary compensation.

John Thomson v. William Somerville — Memorial, 21 Apr 1814

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Memorial of John Thomson, writer in Jedburgh, arguing that the service to prove the death of Lieutenant Rutherford was legally defective and conducted in bad faith by the pursuers.

APPENDIX. No. I. LETTER, SAMUEL C. SOMERVILLE, the Pursuer's Brother, to Mr ROLLAND, W.S. dated Falmouth, 28th February 1808, and received in Edinburgh, as the Post-mark shews, on

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Pursuer's brother urges immediate trial of service for Lieutenant Rutherfoord's presumed death, citing strong presumptive evidence and urgent medical concerns for the deceased's wife.

Dr William Somerville v. Captain John Rutherfoord and John Thomson — Memorial, 21 Apr 1814 [2]

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Memorial of Dr William Somerville, asserting that Captain Rutherfoord and John Thomson unlawfully obstructed the service to his wife’s estate, thereby depriving him of his liferent rights.

William Somerville v. Joseph Thomson — Answers

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Answers by Joseph Thomson to the minute for William Somerville, asserting his claim to the lands of Knowsouth and declining Somerville's proposal to pay the debt under assignment

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