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SCOTTISH_HoL_JURY_COURT
Page: 779↓
(1769) 6 Paton 779
CASES DECIDED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, UPON APPEAL FROM THE COURTS OF SCOTLAND.
No. 139
v.
House of Lords,
This was a dispute about the right to the mussel-scalps in the river Findhorn.
A grant from the Crown to Ross of Kilravock, of the mussel-scalps in the River Findhorn, which is a public river, supported by long possession, was preferred before a similar grant of later date, in favour of the appellants.
Counsel: For the Appellants,
Ja. Montgomery,
Al. Forrester.
For the Respondent,
C. Yorke,
Alex. Wedderburn.