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William Montgomerie v. Sir Andrew Cathcart and Richard Alexander Oswald — Duplies, 11 Feb 1813

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Respondents assert enrolment claim barred by res judicata from 1791 rejection and nominality presumptions due to acquiescence and liferent status.

APPENDIX. No. I. EXTRACT of the MINUTES of the FREEHOLDERS of AYRSHIRE, of date the 3d October 1775, regarding the Claim of Sir John Shaw Stewart, Esq.

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John Shaw Stewart was enrolled as a freeholder in 1775, expunged by Council decree, then reinstated in 1779 after reasserting ancestral land claims.

William Montgomerie v. Sir Andrew Cathcart and Richard Alexander Oswald — Replies, 26 Jan 1813

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Complainer seeks re-enrollment under same land qualification after 1791 strike-off, disputing respondents’ claim that the four-month redress window bars such claims.

William Montgomerie v. Sir Andrew Cathcart and Richard Alexander Oswald — Answers, 11 Jan 1813

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Respondents challenge petitioner's claim to freehold enrolment based on prior rejection in 1791 and statutory bar to reapplication.

Petition and Complaint — & Comp.—Wm. Montgomerie, Esq against Sir ANDw. Cathcart Mackenzie and Monypenny, W.S

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William Montgomerie seeks redress after being struck off the Ayrshire freeholders' roll in 1791 for nominality, arguing the judgment was not res judicata and his liferent titles are valid under statute.

APPENDIX. No. I. DISPOSITION William Bushby, Esq. to the Honourable FLETCHER NORTON.

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William Bushby conveys Auchingibbert lands to Fletcher Norton, including teinds and infeftments, despite prior sales to Ewart and M'Murdo, with objections over superiority conveyance validity.

Fletcher Norton v. William Anderson — Answers, 1 Jul 1813 [3]

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Respondent challenges petitioner’s feudal title to Auchingibbert lands, claiming conveyance granted only dominium directum, not superiority, and absence of vassal infeftment invalidates the title.

Fletcher Norton v. William Anderson — Answers, 1 Jul 1813 [2]

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Answers by William Anderson, Esquire, to the petition of the Honourable Fletcher Norton, arguing that the petitioner's title is defective because it conveys only dominium directum, not the full feudal estate.

APPENDIX. No. I. DISPOSITION William Bushby, Esq. to the Honourable Fletcher Norton.

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William Bushby conveys Auchingibbert lands to Fletcher Norton, including disputed superiority rights, amid objections over prior conveyances to third parties.

Petition and Complaint — Hon. Baron Norton against Inner-House Interlocutor

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Petitioner seeks enrolment on the Roll despite freeholders rejecting his title to superiority of Auchingibbert lands, citing vassal feus as irrelevant to his qualification.

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