Legal Subject: Suit

Case Date Legal Subject Abstract
Cowan v. Mac Candlish 1770 Paternity, Suit Mary Cowan had alleged before the sheriff of Kirkcudbright that MacCandlish had fathered her son in 1765. She obtained an order compelling him to pay child support. MacCandlish claimed that her case was unproven, and that the sheriff had acted improperly in taking depositions from two witnesses when neither MacCandlish nor his procurator were present.