1796
DebtArrestmentCreditorAssignationBankruptcyTrusteeDouglas petitioned the Court to alter the interlocutors of Lord Swinton Ordinary in a multiple-poinding process regarding a legacy held by a trustee. Mason argued that an arrestment laid upon the legacy was valid and took priority over an assignation made by a bankrupt son to his mother.AI-generated
Documents in this case (2)
- Douglas — Petition, 5 Feb 1796February 5, 1796 Petition of the petitioner asking the Court to alter interlocutors of Lord Swinton Ordinary in a multiple-poinding process
- Mrs Jane Douglas v. John Mason — Answers, 25 Feb 1796February 25, 1796 Information of John Mason, arguing that an arrestment against a legacy held by a trustee is valid and takes priority over an assignation by a bankrupt son to his mother
People & places in this case
People involved
- John Dixon — Party
- Janet Buchanan — Party
- Archibald James Edward Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas — Party
- Lady Jane Douglas — Party
- John Mason — Party
- Colin Maclaurin, of Dreghorn — Party
- John MacLaurin, Lord Dreghorn — Lord Ordinary
