Rev Mr Thomas Tait v Mr George Skene Keith, Minister, and Others: HL 30 Mar 1778

Patron – Competing Presentations – Mandant’s Powers – Implied Recal.-
Where a patron, residing in a foreign country, had appointed commissioners, with powers to present to vacant churches, the latter presented a party a day before the patron himself presented another party: Held, the presentation by the commissioners, in virtue of the powers delegated to them, was good, and to be preferred to the patron’s own presentation, and that the right of patronage may be exercised by delegates so appointed.

Citations:

[1778] UKHL 2 – Paton – 447

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Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Ecclesiastical

Updated: 08 September 2022; Ref: scu.562021