Subject_1 MEMBER of PARLIAMENT. Subject_2 DIVISION III.
The Qualification of Freeholders possessing Lands liable in Public Burden for L. 400 Scots.
Subject_3 SECT. VI.
Who may act as Commissioners of Supply. - Time of their meeting. - Consequences of their refusing to meet or divide.
Malcolm, &c v. Commissioners of Supply of Kirkcudbright
Date: 4 August 1757 Case No. No 87.
Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
A small estate consisting of many parcels of houses, acres, &c. having been split among a number of purchasers, they in a body applied for a division of their valuation. The Commissioners alleging, That it was inconvenient to have the cess separated into so many minute articles, refused to divide; but the Lords appointed the division to proceed. See Appendix.
