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(Before the
(Ante, vol. xxxi. p. 350.)
This case is reported ante, vol. xxxi. p. 350.
Mr Stevenson appealed.
The House, on the undertaking of the appellant to abandon the proceedings in England and to commence without delay an action for judicial separation in Scotland, and to proceed therein with due diligence, recalled the interlocutor appealed against, and remitted the cause to the Court of Session to sist the proceedings appealed against in hoc statu pending the decision of the wife's action; the wife to have the interim custody of the children; the husband to have reasonable access.
Counsel for the Appellant—The Lord Advocate ( J. B. Balfou r, Q.C.)— Levett, Q.C. Agents— Bower, Cotton, & Bower, for J. Murray Lawson, S.S.C.
Counsel for the Respondent— Graham Murray, Q.C.— H. Tindal Atkinson. Agents— Murray, Hutchins, & Company, for Maconochie & Hare, W.S.