Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR GEORGE AUCHINLECK OF BALMANNO.
Date: Moreis
v.
Johnstoun
18 July 1629 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
A bond alleged to be prescribed, because not pursued within forty years. It was replied, That, within the time of prescription, letters of horning were raised upon the said bond, and the party charged therewith;—which the Lords sustained, as a deed that stays prescription, and more notorious nor taking of a document prescribed by the Act of Parliament James VI, Par. 5, cap. 22.
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