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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR ALEXANDER GIBSON, OF DURIE.
Date: James Hume
v.
Hume and Justice
25 March 1628 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
In a suspension, betwixt Mr James Hume, minister at Dunbar, against Hume and Justice; the said Mr James being charged to relieve the heir of him, whom he was bound to relieve by his bond, anent the payment of a sum of money;— the Lords found, that, albeit the said Mr James was obliged only to relieve the party therein expressed, and made no mention to relieve his heirs, executors, or assignees, yet that bond should be effectual to his heirs, or any made assignee by the heirs, for producing of action, or execution against him, for their relief; seeing the bond of relief, per expressum, excluded not the heirs, executors, or assignees.
Act. ——. Alt. Belshes. Gibson, Clerk. Vid. 14th July 1629, L. Wardes; 6th February 1630, Muir.
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