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Petitioners challenge Maclae’s claim to Rodger’s estate funds, arguing it’s void due to fraudulent bills and lack of original claim, and they assert priority for their father’s actual damages.

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Respondents, heirs of Robert Lee, defend against claim by Walter Maclae, trustee for Murdoch Robertson & Co., asserting no liability for a fraudulent bill accepted by Lee Rodger Co. without value.

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Bankers Murdoch, Robertson & Co. sued merchant Robert Donald for unpaid bills and account overdrafts, with accountant William Walker certifying account balances and alterations to negotiable instruments.

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Petitioner claims preference over funds in medio against Robert Lee, asserting a valid debt from a rectified bill, despite a prior judgment reversed for a vitiated document.

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Respondent defends maritime arrestment of vessel against petitioner’s claim, asserting prior diligence and invalidity of subsequent sale by trustee and debtor.

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John Ferguson offers to sell a vessel under construction; survey disputes trigger arbitration, reducing price by £15, and assignment to Robert Stein via trustee John Phillips.

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Petitioners challenge a maritime arrestment on a vessel they claim was transferred via assignation from sequestrated estate creditors, arguing it was incompetent and improperly applied.

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Petitioner seeks reconsideration of Lords' judgment rejecting reduction of security under 1696 Act, arguing imprisonment of debtor constituted bankruptcy.

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Alexander Lamont, trustee of bankrupt Lambert & Co., defends a conveyance granted in August 1802 as satisfaction of a March 1802 debt, challenging petitioners' claim of novum debitum and asserting bankruptcy under 1696 Act.

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Messengers testify to detaining Benjamin Lambert in Kilmarnock and Glasgow to secure debt settlement, later released by creditors.