Honourable W Elphinstone v Campbell and Others: HL 30 Apr 1787

Right of Voting. – Whether a conveyance of a superiority of lands held under strict entail, conferred a substantial right of voting; or was a mere nominal and fictitious creation of a right, resorted to for the purpose of giving a right to vote for a member of Parliament?

Citations:

[1787] UKHL 3 – Paton – 77

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Land

Updated: 23 March 2022; Ref: scu.581018