Whether Infeftments of Relief are valid without Possession.
Creditors of Langton v. Sinalair
Date: 1 July 1691 Case No. No 58.
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Found, that infeftments of relief are not public from the date, nor from the time of distress, until possession be apprehended; and that any posterior infeftment, public before the said possession, (though intervening between the date of the base sasine and distress) is preferable.
Fol. Dic. v. 1. p. 91. Harcarse, (Infeftment.) No 616. p. 171.