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Birnie and Co. v. Weir — petition, 26 Jun 1799

Date
26 Jun 1799
Type
Petition
Case
Birnie and Co. v. Weir
Author
Adam Gillies, of Kintrochat, Lord Gillies
Length
23 pages
Repository
University of Virginia Law Library (Special Collections)
Container
UVALL Box 16
Marginalia
Yes
Appendix
1 item (20 pp.)
Abstract
AI-generated
June 26, 1799 Petition of Samuel Birnie & Co. asking the Court to alter its interlocutor in the case of Mrs Weir's refusal to pay for British pot-ashes

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Appendix (from p. 25)

  • Copy account from Mrs Helen Weir, Lugloch Bleachfield, to Samuel Birnie and Company (1795).
  • Directions for using the Salt of Soda and British Pot-ashes, manufactured by Samuel Birnie and Company.
  • Abstract from Second Set of Directions given out by Samuel Birnie and Company, so far as respects the British Pot-Ashes (Glasgow, 19 April 1798).
  • Pursuer's Proof, Glasgow, 19 April 1798.
  • Defender's Proof, Edinburgh, 15 March 1798.
  • Excerpt from advertisement by Walter Biggar in the Edinburgh Advertiser (1 April 1796).
  • Report by Dr Joseph Black (16 January 1799).

People in this document

  • Samuel Birnie✳

Subjects

  • Debt✳
  • Adjudication✳
  • Aliment✳
  • Proof✳
  • Tack✳
  • Expenses✳
  • Interlocutor✳
  • Warranty✳

Places mentioned

  • Glasgow✳
  • Edinburgh✳
  • Leith✳
  • Roslin✳
  • Silverfield✳
Document text (uncorrected OCR)
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