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Douglas v Laird of Waithton. [1615] Mor 2213 (26 July 1615)
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[1615] Mor 2213
Citation in Simple Reductions of Voluntary Rights.
Douglas v. Laird of Waithton
Date: 26 July 1615 Case No. No 73.
In a reduction of a vassal's infeftment of his lands, there is no necessity to summon the vassal's superior.
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In an action pursued by Sir Archibald Douglas of Quhitingham contra the Laird of Waithton, for reducing his infeftment of the lands of Yeldie, granted to him and his predecessors, by the Earls of Bothwell, The Lords found that there was no necessity to summon the Lord Buccleugh, who was superior to the Laird of Waithton.
