[1540] Mor 10141
Subject_1 PERICULUM.
Subject_2 SECT. X. Hazard of the rising or falling of Money.
Date: Mr James Foulis
v.
James Craig
12 May 1540
Case No.No 76.
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Gif ony landis be annalzeit under reversioun, contenand ane certane sowme of gold and silver, he to quhom the reversioun is maid may redeme the landis,
payand or consignand ony peice of gold, and the rest in silver, or ony peice in silver, the rest in gold; for it is not necessary in this cais to give ane half of the sowme in gold, and the uther half in silver, or zit that the gold or silver quhilk he payis or consignis be pure, and without commixtioun of ony uther metall; bot it is sufficient to pay sic silver and gold as has commoun course within the countrey for the time. And gif the value of the gold and silver contenit in the reversioun be mair and greiter at the time of the redemptioun than it was at the time of the alienatioun, the excrescence and superplus thairof cedit lucro venditoris.
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