Document Type Information
Case Creditors for William Hunter v. David Armstrong and William Johnstone
Author Name Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby
Submitted 17 Feb 1784
Marginalia? Yes
Main Document Length (Pages) 28
Appendix Items
  • Interrogatories to be put to Mr David Armstrong
  • Interrogatories to be put to William Johnston, Writer to the Signet
  • Interrogatories to be put to Mrs Hunter
  • Interrogatories to be put to John Bennet
  • First Declaration of Mr David Armstrong
  • First Declaration of William Johnston
  • Second Declaration of William Johnston
  • Second Declaration of Mr David Armstrong
  • Third Declaration of Mr David Armstrong
  • Declaration of Mrs Hunter
  • First Declaration of John Bennet
  • Second Declaration of John Bennet
  • Excerpts from Mr Armstrong's Clerk's Books, referred to in his Second Declaration
  • Letter, William Johnston to Mrs Hunter
  • Card, William Johnston to Mrs Hunter
  • Letter, William Johnston to William Hunter
  • Letter, James Lorimer to John Tait jun.
  • Second Letter, James Lorimer to John Tait jun.
Appendix Length (pages) 33
Repository University of Virginia Law Library (Special Collections)
Container UVALL Box 06

Citation

Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby, "Information for Mess. Jones Havard and Jones, Mess. Walker Dawson and Company, Mess. Griffiths and Freeman, Merchants in London; Mess. Douglas Heron and Company late Bankers in Ayr, and others, Creditors of William Hunter late of Clerkington, Merchant in Edinburgh, a Bankrupt; and for Alexander Allan Merchant in Edinburgh, Trustee for the whole Creditors of the said William Hunter, Pursuers; against William Johnston Writer to the Signet, Defender," 17 Feb 1784 , Scottish Court of Session Digital Archive Project. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Law Library, 2015-2019.

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