This case concerns the selection of the second minister for the parish at South Leith. In the past, the second minister has been selected by a committee with representatives from the incorporations of different trades and the kirk-session (a group of elders in the local congregation). The defender John Logan and the pursuer John Snodgrass were set up as candidates. The incorporations and the kirk-session disagree about the candidates. Each side also points to errors in the selections and voting process. In an interlocutory ruling, Lord Kennet Ordinary found for Logan. Mr Snodgrass, and the voters on his side, brought a process of reduction and declarator against Mr Logan, and his adherents, before Court. Mr Logan and his party repeated a counter-process of a similar nature.
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People involved
- Mr. John Snodgrass — Pursuer
- Mr. John Logan — Defender
- Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville — Advocate for Defender
- Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone — Lord Ordinary
- Robert Bruce, of Kennet, Lord Kennet — Lord Ordinary
- Mr. John Beastson — Pursuer
- Mr. George Steel — Pursuer
- Mr. Andrew Cassils — Pursuer
- Mr. Henry Thomson — Pursuer
Places
- South Leith (principal)
This case concerns the selection of the second minister for the parish at South Leith. In the past, the second minister has been selected by a committee with representatives from the incorporations of different trades and the kirk-session (a group of elders in the local congregation). The defender John Logan and the pursuer John Snodgrass were set up as candidates. The incorporations and the kirk-session disagree about the candidates. Each side also points to errors in the selections and voting process. In an interlocutory ruling, Lord Kennet Ordinary found for Logan. Mr Snodgrass, and the voters on his side, brought a process of reduction and declarator against Mr Logan, and his adherents, before Court. Mr Logan and his party repeated a counter-process of a similar nature.
