Power, - Duty, - Liability of Magistrates relative to Prisoners.
Blair v. The Town of Edinburgh
Date: 11 November 1704 Case No. No 61.
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Found that the pursuer could claim no more than the restricted sum for which the prisoner was booked, though far less than the sum contained in the caption, without prejudice to him, to insist for the superplus of the debt not booked, as accords.
Fol. Dic. v. 2. p. 171. Fountainhall.
*** This case is No 4. p. 3468. Voce Dies Inceptus.