It is not competent to grant letters of horning upon decrees of the Justices of Peace.
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Upon presenting a decree of the Justices of the Peace for Ayrshire, to the Lord Ordinary on the Bills, for obtaining letters of horning to enforce it, a doubt occurred about the propriety of granting, and the application was reported to the Court. Upon advising a memorial on the subject, it was found to be incompetent; a decision which had been formerly given in Stevenson against Barclay, 9th March 1756, No. 27. p. 5747.
Lord Ordinary, Glenlee.Act. Fergusson.Agent, W. Wallace Brown.
Fac. Coll. No. 219. p 493.
