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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN BAIRD OF NEWBYTH.
Date: Leslie
v.
George Brown
7 July 1665 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
In a reduction of a disposition made by George Reid to John Brown, his brother-in-law, pursued at the instance of Adam Leslie, upon the Act of Parliament 1621; as being granted to a confident person without any onerous cause, in prejudice of the pursuer, who was a lawful creditor to George Reid;—
The Lords found, That George Brown, the defender, could only be liable to give his oath upon the cause onerous of the disposition, and condescend thereon, and prove the same by writ; and assoilyied from the reason as it was libelled.
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