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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR ROGER HOG OF HARCARSE.
Johnston
v.
Melvil
1681 ,Dec .2 ;1682 ,Jan .27 .Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
An adjudication against three sisters, heirs-portioners, whereof two renounced to be heir, found null as to the third of the sisters not renouncing, and restricted to the debt in the decreet cognitionis causa; as to which it was sustained; but, thereafter, January 27, 1682, the Lords sustained it only as a real security for the principal sum, annual-rent, and necessary expenses, and not for accumulations; and found, that it could not expire, though no order were used.
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