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Defenders challenge validity of sublease by widow of original tenant, arguing lease permitted assignment to wife and subtenant was lawful.

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Petitioner seeks to void a subtack granted by deceased tenant’s widow, arguing the lease’s express exclusions of heirs and assignees preclude subletting the whole farm.

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Petitioner seeks to limit liability to £55:15:2, the actual estate balance after distribution, despite creditors’ later demands for unproduced vouchers.

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Petition of John Sime, ship-builder in Leith, asking the Court to alter Lord Ankerville's interlocutor which preferred Reinold Pohl over his claim of hypothec for ship repairs

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Mrs Glencairn Dalrymple and husband seek to void an interlocutor ordering them to pay a debt claimed by merchant Hugh Allan for goods commissioned for her deceased mother, asserting the debt is invalid under coverture and Roman law principles.

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Memorial of Mr James Stewart, Sheriff-Substitute of Kinross, and others, arguing that as the recipient of a donation from his deceased son, he is entitled to the rupees held by Captain Dundas, which were to be delivered to him by his son's express instructions.

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Respondents oppose examination of witnesses Captain Dundas and Mr Dorin, citing conclusive written evidence; they consent to commission for exhibits only.

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Memorial of Patrick Crawford Bruce and Philip Samuel Maister, Esqs, arguing that Captain Dundas received 10,000 rupees from Charles Stewart for payment to the executors, not to James Stewart.

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Information of Messrs Bertram, Gardner, and Company, arguing that their interest produced within four months after the common debtor's bankruptcy is sufficient to entitle them to rank on the poinded goods in medio.

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Answers by Joseph Lauchlan to the petition of John Turner, responding to allegations of breach of contract and withholding rum without security.