Arnot of Woodmill v. The Commissioners of the Equivalent
Date: 3 February 1708 Case No. No. 18.
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The Commissioners of the Equivalent being charged at the instance of Arnot of Woodmill, as pretending right to a share in the African Company, they presented a bill of suspension upon multiple-distress by arresters; and executed a summons of multiple-poinding against all the competitors; and the charger having obtained a warrant to discuss summarily; the Lords found, That the Commissioners of the Equivalent were not obliged to debate until their summons of multiple-poinding came in by course of the roll; and that the charger having applied for, and obtained a warrant for a summary discussion, could not thereafter pass therefrom, so as to oblige the Commissioners to expede their suspension in common form.
