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Petition — William Martin against Lord Alloway's Interlocutor

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Petitioners challenge an interlocutor granting the friendly society exclusive right to remove tenant from lodge house, asserting the lodge retains feudal title and the society has no valid claim.

Duke of Queensberry's Executors v. Earl of Wemyss & March — Information, 11 Jun 1821

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Executors of Duke of Queensberry seek to uphold a 31-year lease of Flemington Mill, with fallback terms, against Earl of Wemyss’s claim that the Duke exceeded entail powers.

James Murray v. Francis Charteris Douglas, Earl of Wemyss and March — Information, 21 May 1821

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Tenant James Murray defends against Earl of Wemyss over lease validity of Flemington Mill, arguing the lease term is lawful under entail provisions and alternative clause.

Francis Charteris Douglas, Earl of Wemyss and March v. Sir James Montgomery, of Stanhope, Baronet, and Others, Trustees and Executors of the late William, Duke of Queensberry — Information, 11 Jun 1821

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Information of the Earl of Wemyss and March, arguing that the lease of Flemington-mill was void for grassum and must be reduced to twenty-one years

APPENDIX. EXCERPTS from the Judicial Declaration of William Macbean, a Partner of Scott and Macbean, as to the Books of the Company.

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William Macbean declares the company's financial statements are false, omitting debts and inflating nominal profits to conceal losses and prevent partner William Scott from withdrawing.

ANS.—Scott & Macbean's Trustee, &c. TO PET.—M. H. Scott. Macqueen & Mackintosh, W. S. Respondents' Agents. H. Cannan, W. S. Petitioner's Agent. Sir R. Dundas, Clerk. ANSWERS FOR JO

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Trustee John Ross opposes Mackay Hugh Scott’s petition for reimbursement of litigation expenses from sequestration proceedings.

Petition — Mackay Hugh Scott, Esq. for Explanation of Inner-House Interlocutor

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Petition of Mackay Hugh Scott, asking the Court to explain its recent interlocutor which found no expenses due to either party

Mackay Hugh Scott v. John Ross — Condescendence

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Complainer reasserts correspondence, annuity letter, and marriage pre-sequestration; respondent evades denial and ignores evidentiary sufficiency.

Mackay Hugh Scott v. John Ross — Condescendence and Answers, 9 Apr 1814

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Complainer seeks to establish date of annuity letter via marriage and payment records; respondent denies sufficiency of evidence and challenges authenticity and relevance.

Scott and Macbean's Trustee v. Scott — Information, 14 Feb 1822 [2]

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Information of John Ross, Esquire, Merchant in Inverness, Trustee on the Sequestrated Estate of Messrs Scott and Macbean, arguing that claims based on a letter of annuity granted in 1814 are invalid due to insolvency at the time of grant.

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