Scottish Court of Session Decisions

Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR DAVID DALRYMPLE, LORD HAILES.
Subject_2 JURISDICTION.
Subject_3 A man having died, leaving his wife with child, the Court named a factor for managing the funds, until the birth of the child in utero.

Elizabeth Christie, Petitioner

Date: 16 June 1787

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Elizabeth Christie applied to the Court by petition, setting forth that her husband, George Veitch, an undertaker for the building of houses in Edinburgh, died lately, without issue existing, but leaving her with child: That George Veitch bad, before his death, contracted for the building of certain houses within a limited time, under a penalty: That, in this case, there was no one who could serve to him, and that a tutor could not be named to a child in utero; yet that there might arise damage from a delay in finishing the works begun; and therefore praying that William Veitch, the nearest agnate, might be appointed factor, or curator bonis, with power to him to complete the buildings.

The Lords declined to interpose their authority for bestowing such ample powers; but,—

On the 16th June 1787, “The Lords named William Veitch factor for managing the funds, &c. until the birth of the child in utero.”

For the petitioner,—Allan M'Connochie.