Competition betwixt Tacks, and betwixt Tacks and other Rights.
Neilson v. Menzies
Date: 21 June 1671 Case No. No. 101.
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One possessing by a tack, getting a new tack for a lesser tack-duty presently to commence, it was found, That he might ascribe his possession to the new tack, so as to prefer him to a singular successor.
Fol. Dic. v. 2. p. 421. Stair.
*** Gosford observes this decision differently, as if the second tack were a prorogation of the first, and to commence after expiry thereof.
See the particulars, No. 20. p. 7768. voce Jus superveniens auctori, &c.
