References: 1978 SC 223, [1978] ScotCS CSOH_4, 1979 SLT 177
Links: Bailii
Coram: Lord Maxwell
The action concludes for declarator that a purported gift by the deceased to the defender of four valuable paintings by the French artist Boudin falls to be reduced and for certain consequential relief. Though the word ‘undue’ is not used in the pursuers’ pleas-in-law, the action is in substance laid on the principle usually described as ‘undue influence.’
