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Court of Session Inner House First Division.

Saturday, November 16. 1901.

39 SLR 109

Borland

v.

Anderson's Judicial Factor.

Subject_1Expenses
Subject_2Proving the Tenor
Subject_3Judicial Factor on Estate of a Person who had Illegally Removed an 1 O U Defending a Proving of its Tenor.
Facts:

In an action of proving of the tenor of an I O U alleged to have been granted in favour of the pursuer by the late Mrs A, the casus amissionis alleged was that Mrs A had wrongfully removed the I O U from the pursuer's repositories. The action was defended by a judicial factor appointed on Mrs A's estate. After proof had been led, and the Court had intimated that decree would be granted, the pursuer moved for expenses against the judicial factor on the

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ground that, as the action had been rendered necessary by the illegal proceedings of Mrs A, her estate ought to bear the expense— Brown v. Orr and Others, January 21, 1872, 10 Macph. 397, 9 S.L.R. 232.

Judgment:

[ Lord Adam—Here no additional expense was caused by the defence.]

The Court decerned in terms of the conclusions of the summons, but found no expenses due.

Counsel:

Counsel for the Pursuer— M'Lennan. Agents— Miller & Murray, S.S.C.

Counsel for the Defenders— M'Clure. Agent— F. J. Martin, W.S.

1901


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