Mr Wight requests timber allowance under lease for Cotterwell farm repairs, citing urgency to prevent damage and loss; Lord Hopetoun delays response, prompting Wight to purchase timber and threaten future arbitration.
Respondents challenge sequestration petition based on disputed debt from a bill discounted by Western Bank, asserting the petitioning firm is not the same as the original debtor’s firm and that the debt is not due to them.
Petition of Alexander Milne and Company, Merchants and Flax-spinners in Dundee, asking the Court to grant warrant for sequestration of the estates of deceased Alexander Milne, junior, under the Act 2d and 3d Victoria, cap. 41.
Court resolves competing claims over George Alexander’s trust funds, awards Reverend John Alexander one-third net, and orders expense payments from fund in medio.