Acts of the Heir proceeding from his Connection with the Predecessor.
Lord Semple v. Hay
Date: 25 March 1622 Case No. No 56.
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An apparent heir of a nobleman assuming his predecessor's titles is not a behaviour.
Fol. Dic. v. 2. p. 32. Erskine, MS.*** Auchinleck reports this case.
1633. December 21.— John Hat of Tourlands pursues my Lord Semple as heir to his father, in so far as after his father's decease, he behaved himself as heir, in riding in Parliament and for succeeding to his father's honours; which was repelled, seeing Semple was in fee of the lands before his father's decease, reserving only his father's liferent. This interlocutor was pronounced 20th March 1623, and a bill given in for an extract thereof at Semple's instance 21st December 1633.
