21 May 1800
During a process of locality in the parish of Dornock, the Earl of Mansfield initiated a legal proceeding to obtain a heritable right to his teinds. This case examined whether he could obtain such a right during the process of locality, so as to affect the order of allocation.
Documents in this case (8)
People involved
- David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield and 8th Viscount Stormont — Pursuer
- William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry — Defender
- James Hope Johnstone, Earl of Hopetoun — Defender
- Sir William Pulteney, Baronet — Defender
- J. Laidlaw, W.S. — Agent
- Henry Erskine — Advocate for Pursuer
- Alexander Young, W.S., of Harburn — Agent
- Robert Corbet — Advocate for Defender
- William Robertson, Lord Robertson — Advocate for Defender
- David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont and 2nd Earl of Mansfield — Named in case documents
- David Ross, Lord Ankerville, 3rd of Inverchasley — Lord Ordinary
- Rev. James Smaill — Named in case documents
- Alexander Young, W.S., of Harburn — Named in case documents
Places
During a process of locality in the parish of Dornock, the Earl of Mansfield initiated a legal proceeding to obtain a heritable right to his teinds. This case examined whether he could obtain such a right during the process of locality, so as to affect the order of allocation.
Published Reports
William Morison, The Decisions of the Court of Session (1811), pg. 23
