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SCOTTISH_HoL_JURY_COURT
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(1759) 2 Paton 26
CASES DECIDED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ON APPEAL FROM THE COURTS OF SCOTLAND.
[Mor. 6678.]
No. 10.
v.
House of Lords,
Subject_Proof — Fraud — Relevancy.—
General allegations of fraud are not relevant to go to proof.
In this case (which see reported in Morison, p. 6678), it was held, in a reduction of a lease, that general allegations
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After hearing counsel, it was
Ordered and adjudged that the interlocutor of the Court of Session be affirmed.
Counsel: For Appellant,
R. Dundas,
C. Yorke.
For Respondent,
Alex. Forrester,
Al. Wedderburn.