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Reclaiming Petition — Daniel Midwinter, William Innes, Aaron Ward, and others, all of London Booksellers, and William Elliot Writer in Edinburgh their Attorney or Factor, Pursuers

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Petitioners seek equitable relief and damages for unauthorized book reprinting, challenging limits to remedies under statutory penalties.

Andrew Millar and other Booksellers in London v. The Booksellers of Edinburgh and Glasgow — Answers, 29 Jul 1746

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Defenders claim no damages under Statute of Anne due to statutory entry defects and lack of damages provision.

The Booksellers of London v. The Booksellers of Edinburgh and Glasgow — Petition, 15 Jul 1746

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Petitioners seek damages for unauthorized reprinting and sale of copyrighted books, challenging an interlocutor that barred such claims under statutory penalties.

Alexander Christie v. Samuel Straitton and John Spence his Trustee — Answers, 12 Jul 1746

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Straitton and his trustee deny Christie’s claim that post-bankruptcy acquisitions satisfy prior debts, asserting bankruptcy extinguished those obligations and subsequent transactions were not subject to creditor diligence.

Petition — Alexander Christie Merchant in Montrose

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Petition of Alexander Christie Merchant in Montrose, asking the Court to overturn its recent interlocutor which barred him from recovering payment against Samuel Straitton's effects in Scotland

Mrs. Anna Kennedy v. Sir Thomas Kennedy — Information, 2 Jul 1746

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Mrs. Anna Kennedy, executrix for her brother Sir John, claims five bonds assigned to him by their father (without excluding executors) should pass to her as heir; Sir Thomas Kennedy, her brother’s heir, argues they are heritable and should pass to him.

Sir Thomas Kennedy of Cullean v. Mrs. Anna Kennedy and John Blair of Dunskey — Information, 4 Jul 1746

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Information of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Cullean, arguing that bonds secluding Executors remain heritable when assigned to his heir, and must descend to his heir at law, not his executor.

Petition — Philip Shoesmith of Goodmanfield, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, and William MacGhie Writer in Edinburgh, his Factor

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Philip Shoesmith petitions to uphold an agreement assigning 286 l. sterling as security for Robert Young’s claim against Barbara Newlands and Robert Perkins, arguing the transaction was amicable and equitable.

Petition — John Elliot of Whittaugh, Son of the deceas'd William Elliot in Bradley, and John Elliot of Binks, Creditors of the deceas'd Francis Armstrong of Whittaugh

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Petitioners seek proportional allocation of inhibition proceeds among creditors, challenging a ruling that burdens only the least preferable infeftments.

Memorial — Memorial by George Boswell, concerning the Scheme of Division of the Price of the Lands of Whitehaugh [2]

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George Boswell argues the Whitehaugh land division scheme follows Nicolson’s ranking rules, especially that the inhibitor’s loss must be applied to all struck creditors regardless of preference.

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The Scottish Court of Session Digital Archive is a multi-institutional collaborative initiative featuring Session Papers held by the Arthur J. Morris Law Library at the University of Virginia School of Law, the Library of Congress, and the University of Edinburgh.

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