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The Countess of Traquaire v The Earl of Southesk. [1677] 3 Brn 173 (25 July 1677)
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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL Subject_2 SUMMER SESSION.
The Countess of Traquaire v. The Earl of Southesk
Date: 25 July 1677
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The long debate between the Countess of Traquaire and the Earl of Southesk was decided this day. The Lords found the arbitriment to the Archbishop of Glasgow, Earl of Queinsberry, &c. not of an ordinary nature, in regard of these words, “They always having regard to the standing of the family;” and therefore sustained the decreet-arbitral. They found the irredeemable right was affected with a backbond, and therefore appointed Southesk to count and reckon, &c.
