Answers — Ans.—W. Scoon & R. Bryden, to the Pet.—Whitelaw & Kirk
Abstract
Creditors oppose discharge of bankrupt brewers for undisclosed speculative deals, failure to meet creditor concurrence, and inadequate offer.
Petition — Whitelaw and Kirk, Brewers at Portsburgh, as a Company, and of David Whitelaw and John Kirk, the individual Partners thereof, and of Paul Baxter, Insurance-broker in Edinburgh, Trustee upon their sequestrated Estate, with concurrence of u… [2]
Abstract
Petitioners seek Court approval of a 2s. per pound composition offer accepted by >9/10ths of creditors in number and value to discharge bankrupts and exonere trustee.
APPENDIX. DEPOSITION of WILLIAM IRVINE, Esq.
Abstract
William Irvine deposes to purchasing a debt owed by John Kirk from Louis Cauvin, including legal costs, and voluntarily intervening to aid Kirk’s family without financial inducement.
Petition — John Peter Grant, Esq [2]
Abstract
Petition of John Peter Grant, Esq. of Rothiemurchus, asking the Court to ascertain the value of dams, sluices, cuts or canals, roads, ways, and other works made by him for the better cutting and carrying away of timber from the said woods, under authority of an Act of Parliament.
Petition — John Peter Grant, Esq [3]
Abstract
Petition of John Peter Grant, Esq. asking the Court to authorize the sale of fir woods on the entailed estate of Rothiemurchus, under an Act of Parliament, to raise funds for purchase of other lands in Scotland.
Petition — John More to Let the Lands of Rosebank
Abstract
Petitioners seek warrant to lease Rosebank lands for current crop, citing interdict against unlawful occupier and creditors' interests.
Petition — James Galloway against Lord Hermand's Interlocutor [2]
Abstract
Petition of James Galloway, asking the Court to alter Lord Hermand's interlocutor passing a bill of suspension and continuing interdict.
APPENDIX. No. I. LETTER, Mr GALLOWAY to his Creditors, dated Glasgow, 17th August, 1807.
Abstract
Mr Galloway proposes a composition to creditors to avoid forced sales of heritable property, offering partial payment with security and discharge upon settlement.
Petition — James Galloway against Lord Hermand's Interlocutor [3]
Abstract
Petitioner Galloway seeks to overturn an interlocutor, claiming his creditor composition with property reconveyance was superior to the trustee’s conditional sale to Mr Hill.
Officers of State v. John M'Culloch — Memorial, 5 Jan 1809 [2]
Abstract
Memorial of the Officers of State, Defenders, arguing that the Crown has the right to present ministers alternis vicibus to the united parish of Kirkmabreck and Kirkdale, and that the pursuer's claim is without foundation.
