Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL
Subject_2 SUMMER SESSION.
Date: Ogilvie of Milton
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19 July 1681 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
The Lords assoilyied from a spuilyie, though it was proven that the messenger poinder was not a messenger for several months after the poinding, as appeared by his act of admission long posterior; and this only because it was alleged he was habitus et reputatus a messenger, and so they restricted it to simple restitution. Which some judged very strange.
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