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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION. Collected By JAMES BURNETT, LORD MONBODDO.
Date: David Monro
v.
Mrs Gordon of Kilgour
19 March 1760 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
In this case it was held to be established law, that the obligation in a contract of marriage, in favour of the heir of the marriage, may be implemented by performance to the presumptive heir of the marriage during the father's life, and, though that heir should die before the father, the next will have no claim. This was decided, January 7, 1737, Traill against Traill.
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