Pursuer claims unpaid expenses and profits from a dissolved partnership, while defender denies liability and asserts prior settlements and procedural delays.
Pursuer claims unpaid legal fees for services rendered to defender across multiple lawsuits from 1823–1826, alleging delay and refusal to pay despite promised payment contingent on a verdict or award.
Pursuer seeks to overturn an interlocutor and recover unpaid legal fees from defender for services rendered in multiple protracted legal matters, including defamation, injunctions, and appeals, with deductions for prior payments and recovered expenses.
Court directs reclaimer to print answer to first bill of suspension and respondent to box and print interlocutor in another case involving John M’Nair.
Defender challenges the competence and timing of the action of removing, arguing it violates procedural rules of the Act of Sederunt 1756 and lacks proper warning.
Respondent challenges removal for 1838 crop, claiming tacit relocation; petitioners rebut by showing one-year lease, explicit intent to quit, and acquiescence in farm management.