John Paterson, Eldest Son and Executor of John Archbishop of Glasgow, Deceased v The Commissioners and Trustees of The Forfeited Estates: HL 20 Mar 1721

Forfeiture for Treason. – I Geo. I. c. 20. – Personal debt claimed on a forfeited Estate. –
The acts relative to forfeiture for treason having solved the rights of creditors innocent, dutiful, and loyal; a claim on a forfeited estate, by virtue of a personal bond, (which had been given up in the inventory by the claimant when confirmed to his fathers) is made by a person who had been confined in prison upon suspicion, but liberated without trial; this claim is rejected by the trustees and Court of Delegates, but their judgment is reversed.

[1721] UKHL Robertson – 349
Bailii
Scotland

Crime

Updated: 05 January 2022; Ref: scu.553667