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SCOTTISH_SLR_Court_of_Session
Page: 49↓
Court of Session Inner House Second Division.
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These cases all involved the same question—viz., Whether, under section 9 of the Reform Act, a tenant who lets his house furnished for a portion of the year loses his qualification as a voter, as not possessing the twelve months' continuous personal occupancy required by the statute. The Sheriff decided in the negative; but after debate their Lordships reversed and sustained the objections.