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Information of Alexander Wilson, arguing that the Magistrates of Edinburgh and Canongate, and William Mellis, unlawfully liberated a debtor without legal warrant, thereby exposing him to liability for the debt.

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Petitioners seek relief from a sheriff’s interlocutor holding them liable for failing to deliver tallow contracted for before importation, after the vessel carrying it was wrecked.

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Andrew Gray sues messenger John Vertue for negligence in executing a caption against debtor John Watson, seeking damages for failure to enforce a court decree.

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Petition of Charles Maxwell-Campbell asking the Court to permit his action against Captain James Montgomery to proceed, despite the defender’s plea that divorce had not been raised.

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Petitioner challenges Lord Pitmilly’s ruling that agents may hold goods in transitu as security, arguing the purchaser rejected them and agents acted only for his benefit.

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Respondent Dr. Govan objects to the petitioner’s minute, claiming it mischaracterizes his factual statements as offensive and improperly blends argument with fact correction.

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Alloa Brewery Co. challenges interlocutors imposing thirlage of invecta et illata on their land outside burgh, arguing no astriction exists and prior decree only applied to burgh brewers.

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Pursuer seeks reduction of Earl of Wemyss's entails to fulfill marriage contract obligations tied to proceeds from sold lands and stock.

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Petitioner contests Lord Ordinary’s ruling upholding £400 per daughter from £1200 legacy, arguing testator’s fixed total limits claim to that sum, not per-daughter amounts.

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Answers by Patrick Maitland of Freugh and his Tutor ad litem, Defenders, to the Condescendence for William, &c. Maitlands and their Tutors and Curators, Pursuers, responding that the pursuers have not sufficiently averred facts entitling them to judgment.