Ross

Cases connected to this place (13)

• Beck v. M'Clone

  This case was about a contract dispute. The defenders, Samuel Macclone Jr. and Samuel Macclone Sr., lived on the farm of Ross. The pursuer, John Beck, alleged that Samuel Jr. had agreed to sell him the farm’s entire out…
• Henry Peirse and Others v. Mrs Elizabeth Ross

  Mrs Elizabeth Ross defended her adjudication of multiple Ayrshire lands against objections by Henry Peirse and others, asserting her right as heir and the validity of her Crown charter in response to their claims of pri…
• The Duke of Argyle v. The Earl of Dunmore

  The Duke of Argyll, pursuer, argued against the Earl of Dunmore, defender, that he was entitled to reserve a year's rent from heirs of entail who were not heirs of line of the last investiture. Based on the single docum…
• Monro v. Sutherlands and Sutherland

  William Ross Monro pursued an action against the heirs of John Sutherland and Ann Ross regarding debts Monro had owed to his uncle. William Ross of Aldie submitted a memorial arguing that the Court should not revive the…
• Balfour v. M'Kenzie

  Balfour pursued the reduction of decrees of prorogation of tithes for Tarbat and Fearn granted to the Earl of Cromarty, arguing that they had been obtained by fraud and in the absence of the Crown, were inconsistent wit…
• Ross v. Forbes, Hunter, and Company

  Donald Ross petitioned the Court to alter its recent interlocutor in an action against Forbes, Hunter, and Company regarding liability for damages. The defenders answered petitions by Catharine Ross and Alexander Macken…
• Lawson v. Macculloch

  David Macculloch petitioned the Court to remit Lord Craig's interlocutor, which found him liable to his wife, Lawson, for expenses and denied her claim to a larger aliment. Based on the single document cataloged for thi…
• M'Lean of Drumnin v. The Duke of Argyle

  This case appears in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson (letter from Boswell to Johnson, July 15, 1777). In 1777 Maclean of Brolas, acting through Maclean of Drimnin (the father of his son-in-law), brought action against …
• Earl of Galloway v. Earl of Morton

  As proprietors of land in Orkney, the pursuers owed defender James, Earl of Morton, annual feu duties that were generally paid in products such as grain, oil, and butter. These duties were measured in the weight units c…
• Mackenzie v. Mackenzie

  Sir Hector Mackenzie of Gairloch, Baronet, pursued Alexander Kenneth Mackenzie regarding a conveyance of provision, which Alexander Kenneth defended as void for lack of requisite curator consent. Both parties successive…
• Mackenzie v. Ross

  Kenneth Mackenzie pursued Sir Charles Ross and others to enforce a thirlage over the defenders' lands, claiming an obligation covering all growing grains, while Ross contended the servitude was limited to grindable corn…
• Addis v. Shaw

  George and Henry Addis, creditors of Angus Shaw, pursued Shaw and Alexander Macpherson, trustee, reporting on new production and a minute required by the Court. Based on the single document cataloged for this case.
• Alexander Grant v. Lewis Ray and others

  Sir Alexander Grant of Dalvey pursued Lewis Ray, Colonel Hector Munro, and other elected magistrates and counsellors of Fortrose, alleging that the Michaelmas 1766 election had been procured by bribery and corruption. T…