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Court of Session Inner House Second Division.
v.
The 9th section of the Reform Act requires a tenant to be in possession for twelve months previous to the 31st July. The respondent in this appeal entered to Millig Mill and grounds on the 1st August 1864, and as his claim to be entered on the register was not made till the 18th September 1865, he had practically been a full year in possession previous to making his claim, although on the 31st July last he wanted one day to complete the year. The Sheriff decided that the statute being an enfranchising statute was to be construed liberally, but the Court reversed and sustained the objection.