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SCOTTISH_HoL_JURY_COURT
Page: 516↓
(1779) 2 Paton 516
CASES DECIDED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ON APPEAL FROM THE COURTS OF SCOTLAND.
[M. 15103.]
No. 119.
v.
House of Lords,
Subject_Patrimony of the Crown — Superior and Vassal.
For full report of this case, vide Morison, p. 15103.
Held, in the Court of Session, that the superiorities and casualties of the Crown lands, in Orkney and Zeatland, formed a part of the Crown's patrimony annexed thereto jure coronœ, and could not be alienated or granted away by the Crown—such grants being illegal and unconstitutional, both as regards the rights of sovereign and vassal.
On appeal to the House of Lords. After hearing counsel, it was
Ordered and adjudged that the interlocutors complained of be, and the same is hereby affirmed.
Counsel: For Appellant,
J. Mansfield,
Ar. Macdonald,
Chas. Dundas.
For Respondents,
Al. Wedderburn,
Henry Dundas,
Alex. Murray.