Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL Subject_2 SUMMER SESSION.
Date: 22 January 1687
Sir James Cockburn v. Lawrence Power and - Deans
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The case of Sir James Cockburn against Laurence Power and Deans, was advised. It was a pursuit against the heir of a cautioner for a sub-collector of the customs, excise, and bullion, in 1662, and thereafter, to count and reckon, when all the parties are now dead; wherein allowance was craved for his salaries, which they alleged were to be presumed to have been paid, though counts were not yet cleared betwixt them; and they were charged with twelve-pence for the ounce of bullion; whereas, by Act of Parliament, it was but nine-pence.
The Lords ordained Magnus Morton's books to be produced, and Sir Walter Seton, then conjunct tacksman, to depone on sundry particulars.
