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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR GEORGE AUCHINLECK OF BALMANNO.
Date: Bessie Rutherfoord
v.
Janet Hatelie
20 November 1630 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
Janet Hatelie being pursued by Bessie Rutherfoord, to content and pay to her the sum of 48 merks, conform to her bond; the defender suspends, upon this reason, that the bond was granted when the defender was clothed with a husband, and so not obligatory. To the which it was answered, That the pursuer offered her to prove that the bond was granted for furnishing of meat and drink to the defender when she was in Edinburgh doing her husband's affairs, who was now dead, the time of the pursuit. The Lords ordained the defender's oath to be taken upon this reply.
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