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SCOTTISH_HoL_JURY_COURT

Page: 779

(1769) 6 Paton 779

CASES DECIDED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, UPON APPEAL FROM THE COURTS OF SCOTLAND.

No. 139


Sir Ludovick Grant, &c.,     Appellants

v.

Alexander Brodie, Esq.,     Respondent

House of Lords, 25th April 1769.

This was a dispute about the right to the mussel-scalps in the river Findhorn.

A grant from the Crown to Ross of Kilravock, of the mussel-scalps in the River Findhorn, which is a public river, supported by long possession, was preferred before a similar grant of later date, in favour of the appellants.

Counsel: For the Appellants, Ja. Montgomery, Al. Forrester.
For the Respondent, C. Yorke, Alex. Wedderburn.

1769


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