Claimants assert ownership of lands via heritable security and payment, seeking priority over sale proceeds; respondents deny validity of infeftment and claimants’ priority.
Defences by Mrs Williamina Chalmers or Walker, et al., asserting that the Summons' conclusions are incompetent and contrary to the Bankrupt Statute, particularly regarding the trustee's discharge and the burden of discharge expenses.
Trustee seeks to distribute sale proceeds of sequestrated lands among competing heritable creditors, including a liferent holder and a company in trust.
Claimants Carrick, Brown and Company seek to rank their claim against Mrs. Chalmers and others, asserting their security covers all three parcels of a feudal tenement, not just Janefield.
Mrs. Bethune Morison and others reclaim a note against Lord Moncreiff's interlocutor in a multiple poinding process initiated by naval officers and trustees.
Claimants seek preferential distribution of rents from Halkerton, Balmyle, and Scotstown estates under Mrs. Knight’s 1826 trust-deed, excluding expenses unrelated to the trust’s execution.