Document Type Answers
Case Stephen and others v. Duff and other Magistrates and Counsellors of the Burgh of Elgin
Author Name Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Submitted 18 Dec 1771
Marginalia? Yes
Main Document Length (Pages) 19
Appendix Items
  • Letters referred to in the foregoing Answers
Appendix Length (pages) 4
Repository University of Virginia Law Library (Special Collections)
Container UVALL Box 02

Citation

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, "Answers for John Duff Provost, Robert Leslie, John Jamieson and James Anderson, Bailies, George Simpson Dean of Guild, John Clark junior, Treasurer, Alexander Brodie, William Brodie, Adam Watson, Alexander Cook, William Robertson, Counsellors Joseph Wilson Conveener, John Baron and Alexander Gray Council-Deacons; all of the Burgh of Elgin, to the Petition and Complaint of Thomas Stephen Merchant and late Provost of Elgin, John Laing Merchant, one of the late Bailies, and Alexander Brander, sometime Bailie, and late Treasurer of said Burrgh," 18 Dec 1771 , Scottish Court of Session Digital Archive Project. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Law Library, 2015-2019.

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