This case, which stretched from November 1776 to February 1780, concerned a bill for £14 sterling drawn by William Stevenson and accepted by James Stewart. Both parties went to elaborate lengths to disappoint the other in their attempts to recover and argue for compensation of this bill. After Stevenson endorsed the bill to James Watson, the latter allegedly secured an arrestment (detention) of Stewart's horses and chaise at the Golf House in Leith. The Court ultimately ruled in favor of Stewart, the suspender, declaring Watson, the charger, liable for expenses.
Documents in this case (6)
- Stewart — Petition, 2 Dec 1777December 2, 1771 Petition of James Stewart asking the Court to alter Lord Monboddo's interlocutor
- James Stewart v. James Watson Junior — Answers, 11 Dec 1777December 11, 1777 Answers of James Watson to James Stewart's petition
- Watson — Petition, 11 Jan 1779January 11, 1779 Petition of James Watson asking the Court to alter Monboddo's interlocutors
- James Watson junior v. James Stewart — Answers, 27 Jan 1780January 27,1780 Response of James Stewart to Watson's petition
- James Watson, junior v. James Stewart Stabler — Replies, 21 Feb 1780February 21, 1780 Replies for the charger to the suspender's answers
- James Stewart v. James Watson junior — Duplies, 25 Feb 1780February 25, 1780 Duplies of the suspender to the charger's replies
People & places in this case
People involved
- James Watson Jr. — Charger
- James Stewart — Suspender
- William Craig, Lord Craig — Advocate for Suspender
- Andrew Balfour Ramsay, of Whitehill — Advocate for Charger
- Robert Cullen, Lord Cullen — Advocate for Charger
- Robert Sinclair — Advocate for Suspender
- James Burnett, Lord Monboddo — Lord Ordinary
- Henry Home, of Kames, Lord Kames — Named in case documents
- William Stevenson — Named in case documents
- Archibald Cockburn, Esq., of Cockpen — Named in case documents
- James Gillespie — Named in case documents
- William Coulter — Named in case documents
- Peter Scott — Named in case documents
Where this case took place
This case, which stretched from November 1776 to February 1780, concerned a bill for £14 sterling drawn by William Stevenson and accepted by James Stewart. Both parties went to elaborate lengths to disappoint the other in their attempts to recover and argue for compensation of this bill. After Stevenson endorsed the bill to James Watson, the latter allegedly secured an arrestment (detention) of Stewart's horses and chaise at the Golf House in Leith. The Court ultimately ruled in favor of Stewart, the suspender, declaring Watson, the charger, liable for expenses.
