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[1600] 5 Brn 452
Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION. reported by ALEXANDER TAIT, CLERK OF SESSION, one of the reporters for the faculty.
Subject_2 COMMISSION OF BANKRUPTCY IN ENGLAND, WHAT EFFECT IT HAS IN SCOTLAND.
The Assignees under a Commission of Bankruptcy
v.
George Buchannan
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Anno 1759, George Buchannan obtained the Chancellor's certificate under a commission of bankruptcy: he had subjects in Scotland, heritable: the assignees brought an action against him, to enter heir in these subjects, and to convey them to the assignees. Objected, The action was incompetent, and unprecedented. But the assignees prevailed.
N.B.—This decision is not approved of.
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