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Mr James Craig, minister at Hoddam, having pursued a removing against the Laird of Hillhead, and the relict of Mr John Alexander, last incumbent, from the house where the said Mr John dwelt by the space of 30 or 40 years, during his service at the said kirk; it was alleged for the defenders, That the house being built upon Hillhead's ten merk land of Luss, and built by the former minister by Hillhead's toleration, and that there was never any such designation of a minister at such a distance from the church. The Lords, notwithstanding found, That Mr John Alexander, the last incumbent, his possession, was the present intrant, his possession, and that it was enough to term him therein, in regard be, or his authors, were decennalis et triennalis possessors.
