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Alexander v. Beaumont — Petition, 11 Dec 1772

Date
11 Dec 1772
Type
Petition
Case
Alexander v. Beaumont
Author
Sir Ilay Campbell, Lord Succoth, 1st Baronet of Succoth
Length
8 pages
Repository
University of Virginia Law Library (Special Collections)
Container
UVALL Box 02
Marginalia
Yes
Appendix
1 item (16 pp.)
Abstract
AI-generated
December 11, 1772 Petition of John Beaumont asking the Court to remit the distress proceedings initiated by Robert Alexander against him for unpaid coal and pan wood prices

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Appendix (from p. 5)

  • Copy Contract of Lease between Robert Alexander and John Beaumont (November 1770).
  • Letter from William Alexander to John Beaumont (Edinburgh, Nov. 8th, 1770).
  • Letter from William Alexander to John Beaumont (Edinburgh, March 12, 1771).
  • Notarial Instrument of Protest by John Beaumont against Robert Alexander (December 1772).
  • Abstract of Accompt between Robert Alexander and John Beaumont (21st November 1772).

People in this document

  • John Montgomery Beaumont✳
  • Samuel Mitchelson Jr., of Clermiston✳

Subjects

  • Debt✳
  • Rent✳
  • Arrestment✳
  • Sequestration✳
  • Contract✳
  • Tack✳
  • Penalty✳
  • Creditor✳

Places mentioned

  • Ayr✳
  • Edinburgh✳
  • London✳
  • Blackhouse✳
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